Well, it’s Sunday again. Another week has come and gone, and for the most part, all it’s brought is sad news. I watched the royal funeral yesterday, and today, I’ve just finished attending church in my nightgown, sitting on the couch, watching the virtual service on YouTube. We’re under a six week Stay-at-Home order, and still Ontario reports another 4250 new Covid 19 infections. Why is this still happening? And now they say we’ll have snow this week. What more can go wrong?
At this time last year, we were horrified by the Coronavirus and the speed with which it was moving around the globe. So many died in that first wave, many more in that second one, and now, the cases and deaths are piling up again. We thought the vaccines would bring us back to normalcy. We were wrong. In time, when enough people have been vaccinated, we’ll see a new normal, but right now, that goal seems so far distant, it appears unreachable and the virus is outpacing the vaccinations.
What have you missed most? I’ve missed all the things I used to take for granted–like lunch dates with friends, shopping in person for everything from bras to underwear, deciding on the spur of the moment to go out for a drink or a meal, attending sports events and watching my grandkids play, going to award ceremonies and graduations, music concerts and plays, and most of all I miss seeing my sons.
I’m lucky enough to see my mother twice a week. She’s in a long-term care facility spared the horrors so many faced. She’s had both shots of her vaccine, and while she’s spent most of her time in her room, she’s been spared from this horrendous disease. I see my daughter weekly, as she does my groceries so that I can avoid possibly getting infected. She, myself, and my husband have had our first doses of the vaccine. We aren’t 100 percent protected, but if we do get sick, maybe it won’t be deadly.
So, on that dismal note, I’ll go and make lunch and then get back to writing this afternoon. Hope you can find a way to enjoy your day.
Living the Dream 