My calendar is actually starting to fill up with events that I need to pay attention to. Granted, the majority of them are Zoom meetings, but it's enough that I feel the need to check my calendar often so that I don't forget about something that I need to do. I will admit that I enjoyed not having a full calendar, but I know that can't go on forever.
Traffic in town is back to normal. While this signals a return to life as we knew it, I miss the feeling of being returned to a slower, more peaceful time. I have posed the question many times over the last weeks - how will we know when we are truly safe and secure in going about our lives without the threat of illness all around us. I suspect that there will be no specific day or thing that will signal this for us. I think that one day we will just realize that we've been in that place of renewed security for a while and did not even recognize it. We will greet a neighbor without feeling the need for six feet of distance. We will forget to wash our hands for the umpteenth time in one day. We will not dread grocery shopping, other than the normal "I hate grocery shopping." We will hug a friend, and hold on for a little longer, maybe a lot longer because we realize how truly precious that privilege is.
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