Depends
Most definitely not always but often
Too many zones need my attention
Too many problems I cannot fix
I’m limiting myself to the things I can fix
And things that come too close to be ignored
Living in a nutshell, I guess
Clinging to my fraction of normality -and sanity
So apart from the normal madness I suppose everything is okay
I’m living in my highly privileged comfort-zone
We still can pay the bills
I have a husband I can share my life (good and bad parts) with and a dog
What more do I want?
<Raises his arm> “Teacher, teacher, I know the answer”
2021 turns out to be even worse than 2020
While enjoying the fun of administrating COVID vaccines
We sadly forget to actually manage the problem
No solution for the problem -anywhere
No concept for a “normal life” in times of COVID
No idea what to do when (not IF) the first variant that’s immune to the vaccines will turn up
Except for lockdowns of course
Don’t get me wrong, I fully understand and support “Social Distancing”
The return of a thing I call “Basic hygienic expertise” (Wash your hands after you pee-peed)
I miss my friends, the nights of talking in restaurants
The spontaneous short-vacations, the weekends on the coast, or in the mountains
I wish after one year of disease, somebody would come up with a concept not with restrictions
COVID will stay, we better learn to live with it
And we better learn the lesson fast
Otherwise the idiots with the simple “solutions” will take over
(We gonna build a wall and we’ll make the virus pay for it)
They are on the rise already -everywhere
I want my ’80s back
The decade when everything was possible and problems were a matter of the past
The ignorance of youth
What a bliss
Life is waiting, where are we?
Where am I?
Am I scared?
Depends
(Of all things out there, a TV show sums up my feeling. Who would have thought?)
Kind of feels like we’re living in a real-life real-time science experiment. Best case the novel coronavirus, sooner rather than later, will fall into the same general category as a lot of other similar viruses, like the common cold, from which most people completely recover, or the annual flu where the scientists tweak the vaccine every year and people still die but not all of them who contract it. In the worst case, I guess, yes the virus and all its variants and lingering after effects will continue to spiral out of control. In that case I guess the most that could be done would be to mitigate the spread as much as possible which would probably mean that we’ll have to wear masks when we go out in public for at least the foreseeable future. That’s still a scary proposition but, based on experience with other viruses and earlier pandemics, it does give me a reason for a little bit of hope. And, to be snarky, maybe some evil genius will figure out how to limit the worst cases to the ignorantly and or purposely non-cooperatives who in my book are truly deplorable.
I feel the sense of desolation in your words of longing, Bridget. I am struggling, too!
Why in the world are your comments in my spamfolder? WordPress, are you kidding me?
Being scared is what gets things done.
It keeps us on on guard.
Yep. The vaccine has afforded a feeling of less fear, but there will never be going back to the world that was I think. Too much has changed.
Less fear is a start. 🙂
Yes. That’s about it.
Great video Bridget and, really, everyone should be scared and pay attention!
I liked the message in the clip as well. We happen to watch the show “New Amsterdam” it’s different. Perhaps a vision of how healthcare in the U.S. could work IF,,,