02/04/2021
As I drove home from the gym jamming to music I can’t help but dance to at the stoplights, headed to a family gathering to celebrate both my (now vaccinated) parents’ birthdays, I realized how effortlessly HAPPY I am and how much I missed these little things. I forgot the simple joy of interacting with a stranger out in public (I recently became BFFs with my seatmate on a flight), and the way these things fill me up makes clear why this past year has been such a struggle for me. My physical and emotional health suffered under the cloud of Covid, and I’m thankful things have naturally/easily shifted back to baseline for me once I was vaccinated. Since then I have felt comfortable doing things I hadn’t done in over a year like: rejoin the gym, start meeting a friend regularly for coffee dates again, traveled out of the country, wrapped my arms around my parents, eating indoors at restaurants, volunteer at my daughter’s school, no longer feel anxious working at schools or shopping at crowded Costco. I’m incredibly grateful for science and to have my zest for life back. 😭