We’re more than six months into the shut downs from the pandemic and the continued masking and distancing. While safety is crucial, it can be warying to be restricted for so long.
I’ve become quite fatigued of all the COVID restrictions, and while I do them, I’m looking for ways to still be active while being safe. We went to an apple orchard a few weeks ago. I, reluctantly, took my daughter to Six Flags (open air, masks required, lots of hand sanitizer), and we’ve been out walking and biking tons. But I have to admit it’s hard being so out of the norm of what life has been for the first decades of my life.
I would love for them to get the testing capacity improved. There are several stories about the usefulness of fast tests that offer quick results of whether or not you’re infectious. With widespread quick testing, we’d really be able to get a hold on the pandemic, and tamp it down. When people don’t know if they’re sick, it’s too easy to spread.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like there’s a lot of movement on quick testing, so we’re going to be going through this much of the winter.
Right now, I’m fatigued, more so for my children than myself. Virtual school is hard. It’s hard not to see your friends, and kids don’t have the same perspective as adults. They view this as lasting forever. And while I know it won’t last forever, when you think about the amount of life a child remembers (usually they cement memories from age 7 on, with some getting bits and pieces), a year of their life (how long this pandemic will probably last at a minimum) is huge percentage-wise. A kid who is 14, with just 7 years of real memory would feel like they’d spent one-seventh of their life enduring this. That’s a long time. And it feels even longer.
So, right now I’m steeling myself for longer, but very frustrated at the lack of progress. How are you feeling?
We are lucky to live in Stratford where we are almost Covid free. The restaurants here are controlling who can enter, restricting diners to those who live within a 50 KM radius, masks whenever servers approach a table, plexi-glass between booths. So far so good, but many businesses are really suffering.
I’, too, am feeling fatigued with all the restrictions but still see the value of them. I miss hugs with friends, dinners with friends, going out for coffee with friends, many of whim are immune compromised. My hope is that our flight to Calgary in Dec. doesn’t get cancelled.
It’s so unfortunate we can’t see our friends, but like you said, it’s about safety.
Still, I hope your flight to Calgary stays the course. Being able to do some things that are normal, even if we’re not fully open, is helpful.
All things considered, I’m hanging in. Working remotely. But even for this introvert, the isolation and the uncertainty ratchets up my anxiety. Stay safe.
Yes, the notion that introverts are all good is just wrong. While introverts might like less human interaction, they still want some, and this drought for so many months is very hard. Especially on single people. At least people with families–no matter how annoying they are–are getting some interaction.
I’m hopeful we’ll get some real leadership soon and things will start to move in the right direction early next year.