Today marks two weeks since we received our second dose of the Pfizer Covid19 vaccine.
Theoretically, I had planned to go out and do something normal again for the first time in a year. Like shopping for a decorative item that I could live without at T.J. Maxx. Or browsing doll accessories at Target for Rosebud's birthday. Or strolling through the SPCA thrift store in search of treasures like picture frames for my watercolors or a book by a favorite author. Or spending the last of my birthday money on some tubes of Winsor & Newton watercolors at our local fine arts store.
Instead, I've cleaned up my desk. I have a wastebasket filled with paper, a to-do checklist for the spring and an organized deferred-project inventory. Most importantly, I managed to unearth my Covid19 immunization card. It's now photographed, uploaded to the cloud and pinned to my corkboard--I think I've made it impossible for me to misplace every again.
Three reasons why I haven't gone out and celebrated wildly today.
First, we've been so careful and cautious for so very long (since mid-February 2020 when my intuition and a healthy dose of scientific reading told me that the new coronavirus was going to be a pandemic and inspired me to stock up on every necessity that I could think of and start to bunker down) that the realization that we can relax a bit now seems unlikely and unreal. I guess it's going to take me more than two weeks to fully process our new reality and venture out willingly. Isn't it strange that the new antibody minions running freely through my body are adjusting more quickly than I am?!
Second, some recent variants scare me with their increased infection and severity rate, which we are seeing in an uptick in cases locally. I have friends who still have not been vaccinated, intentionally. I really want herd immunity so we can stop those variants in their tracks. I'm making sure I pass on the scientific news that should scare them into doing the right thing. There is just no downside to getting the vaccine. None.
Third, we only have one car and the love of my life decided to use it to run work errands this afternoon. What was he thinking?!
The good news is that I'll be equally protected by the vaccine tomorrow and the day after and the week after. So I'll get out there...masked, socially distanced and with my trusty hand sanitizer dangling from my purse. Just not today.
I plan to take photos of Life Outside My House!
No comments:
Post a Comment