Recalled to life (252/365)

[white_hart]

In the last 24 hours, I have:

- been out for a meal in a restaurant (or actually, outside a restaurant, as we went to the Cherwell Boathouse and had a table overlooking the river)

- been on a bus (actually two buses, one into town and one out again)

- been to the barber's (while my hair is still shorter than I'd like on top, it's definitely a step in the right direction. I found myself getting weirdly emotional at the thought of having hair that might actually feel like *me* again soon)

- been to a bookshop, and bought several books.

This is the first time since February/March 2020 I've done any of those things. It felt rather miraculous to be doing such normal things again, and also rather strange and daring, possibly even foolish. But if I'm going to be working in a building full of students, and getting the bus to work, I think that it's most likely that I will end up getting covid at some point between now and Christmas, and I just have to hope that my vaccination is enough to keep it from being that bad; and given that, I'm not sure it makes sense to keep avoiding the things I'd really like to do, just so I can do the things I have to.

Comments

[jinty]

I'm only working with a laptop at home, not a separate keyboard or monitor, and of course it took me a while to get used to that in the first place - but now I like it, and certainly better than having a random keyboard and an unadjusted monitor at a desk I didn't choose sitting on a seat that likewise isn't adjusted for me...

[white_hart]

Ah, my work laptop is only 13", but even a larger laptop would be a bit of a struggle with some of the spreadsheets I have to wrangle! And there are definitely bits of my work which would be almost impossible to do with only a single screen.

[jinty]

Most of my team use a larger monitor or even two, but I ... can't be bothered to try? It might make some tasks easier but I've never found it that critical an element of my work.