I’m sorry they just don’t get it. It feels even worse when it’s family, who you’d expect would care more about your son’s wellbeing.
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I think it’s hard for people to think that it’s THEM you are avoiding. They are good, they’ve been vaccinated, you’ve been vaccinated, what is the problem?
It’s the reason there was a horrible surge over the holidays last year. You have always trusted your family in the past, they are family after all. They are trustworthy and why would they knowingly bring Covid to you.
But it’s not about them and they are fine. It’s you (or your son) who can’t risk it. You have to be extremely careful because break through Covid while rare, can’t be risked.
People make things about them. But it’s not them, it’s you.
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we are hoping that with more data, and more time, we will be able to have a better sense of what is off limits. My inlaws were just unable to accept that doctors just don’t know yet what is risky.
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I seem to have forgotten my past life! I live alone and got used to staying home. I went to my first tai chi class yesterday (inside, masked(. I used to go all the time. It felt strange. I might be a permanent recluse but am trying.
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Good for you for trying! It is hard getting out sometimes, even for things that were easy and comfortable in the past. Even my church services, which have been back “in person” for past month, seem a little strange. There will still be option to watch online, live or recorded … and I think some members (including me sometimes) got to like that.
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On the day of my first vaccination, I had two lumbar spine fractures. This has greatly affected my reentry!
Oh no! Healing thoughts.
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I find this article interesting about feelings during this time
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I have found it hard to go back to “normal”. I’ve never been particularly social. I have found myself connecting with friends more via text and other messaging than I did before the pandemic.
Things in Missouri are rapidly going in the wrong direction right now. Although it is recommended for everyone in my county to mask in indoor public spaces, I think people are enjoying the maskless freedom too much to go back.
That’s a great term. I find myself slowly coming out of it, but I’m still in it. I almost can’t wait to be by myself again. We entertained our sons friends over the 4th at our cottage for 4 nights, plus DH and I were there for a week with all the neighbors. I was so tired of being around people when it was over. Couldn’t wait to get home and have DH and son go to work so I could be alone.
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Lol, my husband worked from home for 14 months. He went back to the office July 2.
I might have had a “Risky Business” type celebration! And every trace of his “home office” was erased by 9 am!
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That’s hilarious! Sometimes I feel bad for DH because he’s more of a loner than me, and he rarely has the house to himself. TBH, I don’t know how well I’ll like it when he’s fully returned.
My younger S has decided (and I have to agree) that he thrives with online flexibility so he will continue with online schooling next year.
And DH has discovered how efficient he can be when working from home and less time driving, etc. So he will continue working from home a couple days a week.
I used to LOVE my home alone time.
Maybe this will motivate me to exercise and leave the house more?!
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Honestly I think we have a few more weeks where we can pretend things are normal and the numbers will go up enough that I’ll go back to my pre-vax routine. (Masks inside with everyone, no masks outside unless social distancing is impossible.) It’s not really a big deal. I’m still not eating indoors at restaurants, but have done outdoor dining this summer instead of takeout which is all we did last summer.
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Prior to Covid, Dh traveled for weeks at a time and when not, he worked at an office, not at home. With Covid, not only has he not traveled, but he has been working from home the entire time (plus one of my two college kids was home for a while, in addition to my two high schoolers who were online schooling).
My husband is not returning to an office indefinitely and also not returning to his pre-Covid travel.
Just this morning I booked a ticket to San Diego in September. My oldest daughter just graduated college and started a new job there. Her boyfriend is going to be gone for six weeks so I asked her if she wanted company. I told her I will cook meals for her and walk her very energetic dog. She was excited for both b/c she works long hours. Not a true “vacation” for me but she will be at work all day so I am excited to have a little time to myself! Not having my house to myself all day during Covid was a huge adjustment!
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I agree, but I’m worried people won’t want to go back to masks and precautions. We haven’t eaten in a restaurant yet either.
I am still double masking while indoors with strangers around, for instance, in stores. I am no longer doing curbside pickup or shopping at 7am. I see friends and family who are vaccinated, indoors, normally. I see my mother in her facility but walk through to her room double masked.
I think vaccines will wane, and there will be more mutations. I am enjoying the break and especially my faraway kids’ visits. But when I take them to the airport I feel anxious that I won’t see them for a long while again.
I couldn’t believe yesterday how packed the planes and airports were. Wow. It did make me a little more anxious than I expected.
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I don’t have anxiety but I do feel weird. I am just not interested in seeing most of the people I socialized with pre-pandemic. I am drinking a lot less alcohol than I did, and I’d rather get together with people for walks now. My work has been super busy all pandemic and when I’m done at the end of the day I feel pretty spent. When we’ve gone out to dinner (my husband and I) it’s been really expensive and not very good? I’m feeling like we just need a new direction/new things we consider fun or entertainment. I guess I have changed!
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And now things are tightening up again, yay. 