The light at the end of the tunnel is starting to look a bit like an oncoming train (155/365)

The news is full of rising COVID case numbers, although I was at a meeting the other day where our Professor of Infectious Diseases seemed fairly upbeat about things and suggested that given the progress of the vaccination programme this wouldn't necessarily lead to increases in hospitalisations and deaths, and suggested we shouldn't be worrying too much. On the other hand, I've now got two active student cases in my department, having not had any at all since New Year, so it's hard not to be worried that we're staring down the barrel of the next wave and counting down to another lockdown. And, foolishly, I was just starting to feel a bit hopeful for a return to normal, and thinking that maybe once the pandemic is over my job will stop being a complete and utter nightmare (not that that's guaranteed, either).

(Also, I realise that I've been assuming that the pandemic has turned all jobs into complete and utter nightmares, but maybe it is actually just mine? Or at least, the higher education sector? Are other people's jobs not actually nightmarish right now?)