Thank you for not ripping me apart in the comments. I’m sure many of you said nothing because you were so angry. I appreciate that. I recognize that I shouldn’t have put that out there, because every time someone talks about making a choice that is not in line with current health guidelines, they help other people make those same choices.
I know that is true because when I read Lag Liv’s post yesterday, I definitely thought, if they can do it, why can’t we?
I regret putting it out there. It feels important to say that. I know that damage has been done, but I wanted to apologize. Especially since at this point we don’t think we’re going to send them. It’s just too stressful. I haven’t told my parents yet. That part will be hard…
It’s New Years Eve. I keep forgetting that. We have nothing planned. We picked up fried chicken sandwiches on the way home from a socially distanced meet up at a playground with my husband’s friend. I set it up – it is the first time he has met up with a friend in person since this started. We’ll eat the fried chicken and watch Captain Marvel (my kids stalled out on the Marvel movie marathon at Infinity War, so this is probably the last one). We may let the kids stay up for the NY ball drop but probably not. I may have a drink tonight, and I’ll stay up until midnight, but only because I can’t sleep if I go to sleep earlier.
And that is our New Year’s. We don’t usually do much so it doesn’t feel that hard to not do much.
I hope you all have a happy and healthy start to the new year.
Happy New Year to you. I read your original post (now partially deleted) and you are being too hard on yourself. While I don’t think you should hang out inside your parents house, I completely understand how torn you feel and how it seems ridiculously unfair while people are posting about family visits. Your posts didn’t make me angry but since I haven’t been inside another person’s house since March (and I live in an area where spread is much better controlled than CA, TX, etc), it made me incredibly sad and lonely, wondering how in the year of the pandemic the world is passing me by.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
You write about you and we all look at these same questions. And find sometimes making decisions hard. It was a gift to see these behaviors and feelings are simply common human experiences. I know no one who has not looked at some restriction or temptations and not worked their way through to a decision. Not only regarding covid but throughout our lives. Which is why there was so much commentary; and that too was enlightening.
Now, celebrate going forward and enjoy these last few days before you head back to school and all those pressures. THANK YOU.
Yep, LL’s post about her own selfish, idiot behavior, is one reason other people start doing the same thing, and one of the reasons we are where we are as a country. It is as though, if you present your behavior using the right language, and are popular enough, then somehow everything you do is magically ok. You can’t even criticize the behavior because it isn’t “nice” to do so. I know you know what I’m talking about. 🙂
Monday Jan 4, 2021. You are probably back at work at the school site. Hope you are safe and not exposed. Hope your family is doing well.
Hope this for all your readers and commenting people.
Thinking of you all. Be super careful please.
As a teacher have you been contacted or informed by anyone how to get signed up for a vaccine. Believe some counties are beginning to do some things to make that happen eventually. It may go through public health for the county rather than just through insurance providers. All Very confusing and different in different counties in CA.
Thinking of you.