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

[mrs_redboots]

I hope you don't get Covid; if you do, it should be very mild as you've been vaccinated. We are anxiously waiting for my daughter to catch it - her sons have had it for a week now, and her husband is down with it today. Nobody is seriously ill, although the elder boy felt, and my son-in-law feels, very unwell. But the boys are both fine now, and I expect my son-in-law will be by Monday. But we need my daughter to get it no later than next Wednesday if she is not to miss a big family party on the 26th!

[white_hart]

Oh dear - I hope your daughter and son-in-law both recover quickly!

[mrs_redboots]

Daughter still testing negative so far.... son-in-law not well today, but will, I am 99.9% certain, be better by Monday. It doesn't seem to be at all bad if you've had both vaccinations.