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I noticed an fascinating factor floating round social media the opposite day: a reminder that 5 years in the past, this week was the final regular week for lots of Individuals, as authorities shut downs began occurring in mid March. Let’s talk about — what was your life like, 5 years in the past? How did it change throughout 2020, and the way has it modified since?
Most likely one of the best factor we revealed throughout that point interval was written by a commenter, who graciously allowed us to republish it as a put up — The Very best COVID-19 Quarantine Girl. From the opening paragraph:
She lives alone. Until she has kids. Then they dwell together with her. However she doesn’t take them out. They magically entertain themselves so she will be able to exit for important journeys. Not more than as soon as each two weeks. For important groceries. She doesn’t want rest room paper. She stocked up months in the past effectively earlier than there was a run on rest room paper or anybody might accuse her of hoarding. However her provide is protected since she put in a bidet final week. She has a completely stocked basement of something she or her household may have for six months.
Wow — that basically takes me again. In some methods the pandemic did not change my life an excessive amount of, contemplating I have been working from dwelling for fairly some time now, however having the children dwelling, with out childcare (and digital faculty, gah) was… actually one thing. (I ought to observe that my household was very lucky to not have anybody be too affected by COVID-19.) I do not assume we will know but how a lot the children’ lives have been affected by these odd years.
In different methods the pandemic modified my life immensely — for somebody who thinks about workwear as typically as I do, work garments have modified enormously, and I really feel like a whole lot of attitudes round careers have modified immensely. I additionally really feel like, generally, folks belief one another much less, notably round collective well being points like vaccinations.
With the children again in class we have been as again to regular because it will get lately, however I do produce other members of the family who’re nonetheless very COVID-cautious — sporting masks in public and avoiding indoor eating. (I nonetheless attempt to encourage my nuclear household to put on a masks whereas flying, at the least till the airplane’s air filtration system kicks in at 30,000 ft — however that’s more and more much less fashionable with the children.) We have at all times been cautious about eating indoors after the Thanksgiving/Christmas time interval, too, however this yr we celebrated my January birthday at a daily restaurant.
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