Geez. I’ve gotten so busy at work that it almost feels like pre-Covid normal times. Things that are feeling “normal”…and yet not quite:
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Got stuck in a 30-minute traffic jam on the way to the office this morning. But it’s so weird because NOBODY is in the office! Where are all of these people coming from? And are there offices that are actually at full capacity? I know manufacturing at our company is not running with a full staff because of social distancing practices, so where are people going? It feels like half the nation thinks that this pandemic is over and the other half won’t even come out of their houses. Yet our highways are just as busy as they’ve always been. What gives?
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I dress up for work like I’m going to have important meetings and presentations to give. I guess I am dressing up as wishful thinking. Maybe I think I’m going to run into someone? I’m literally sitting here at my desk in an office with maybe four other people in it and they are yards and yards away (and in athletic wear).
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Went to see my doc yesterday to check on my new BP medication. He gave me a flu shot, telling me that the flu vaccine they have this year is stronger and will last longer - he says it will last 6+ months. Then he told me something that actually came out later in the day in a “breaking news” NYT alert (I get them on the reg). He told me that it was going to be announced that there is going to be a Covid vaccine available before the election. Surprise, surprise. Not that I’m sure I will feel safe about getting the vaccine early, but that we may be getting back to some kind of normalcy by…the end of the year? Maybe? Is it even safe to hope??
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I actually had dreams last night. I haven’t been remembering my dreams lately, even though I have been getting some pretty great sleep for whatever reason. But my dreams last night were all about getting Covid and they were so REAL! Like, I could feel myself in the dreams getting a stuffy nose, then a runny nose, then a fever. And I happened to be traveling at the time. It was so realistic and weird.
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And unfortunately, this is probably more normal than not - I’m just not feeling it for either of those guys I went out with last Saturday. I’ve already blown off the anesthesiologist (Doc T.) and the other guy (Mr. P.) keeps wanting to get together and I am slowly backing away from that one. I may see him one more time just to make sure (I really liked our conversation, but that’s about it…no sparks…but maybe??). And the thing is, it’s not like I have anybody else lined up just yet. I keep thinking back to normal times. I can’t remember the last time I held someone’s hand and felt sparks? I think it was Doc. D. A year ago.
Time marches on, but life feels like it’s standing still.
Weird,
GS
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