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

[cmcmck]

Real life!

We went to an art gallery yesterday!

[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!

[fencesitting]

I am so there now.
Mostly no one is wearing masks at work any more, I'm certainly not in my office. If my unvaccinated coworker doesn't care about catching Covid then I'm not concerned about whether I pass it on to her any longer.

[nineveh_uk]

That sounds like a very nice day, and congratulations on the hair going in the direction you want.

[crinolinerobot]

Normality feels like such a treat, doesn't it? Shops! Food that you don't cook yourself! Other people!

(I suspect the novelty of all will have worn off again by Christmas. My commute is already losing its shine.)

[jinty]

I went into the office yesterday for the afternoon. The best thing about it was having a face to face 1:1 with my line manager, the rest I would have done more efficiently and comfortably from home. It was good to see how it felt as a try-out, but it was tiring and stressful in reality and I'm not rushing to go back in to work in the office any time soon. (I do have to go back and clear my desk next week though, because our office is the one that's designated as the initial flex desk area.)

[lokifan]

Exciting!!

And yeah, given the givens, I think that makes sense.

[girlyswot]

And you still might not get it at all. Three of my support bubble had it last year, but the fourth person in the house never did.