At home
Fully vaccinated.
We were supposed to “reopen” California today. I put my mask on like my socks, I don’t even think about it. I still wear it outside and considering the lingering new variants around, I will keep doing that.
The vibe is weird. The pandemic rose plenty of questions and after being exhausted of sitting around and being unable to answer said questions, we were eager to go back to what we know: commute and work. At least some, I guess.
The new government hasn’t kept any promises. In a deteriorating situation as it is, this is some shit. As usual, isn’t it? Right, but now it’s in billions of dollars. Look at homelessness in Los Angeles: plenty of room, plenty of hotels, federal financial help, federal demands about it, the state of CA having a (revised) $38B treasure chest and yet, they evict without regards and the population in the streets is growing. You can’t live on $15/hr. I mean, you will be homeless. It makes no damn sense.
So there’s this euphoric feeling about being able to hug and laugh and go out with friends after a rough year but it’s contaminated by this dire, incomprehensible social situation around. So people dissociate constantly. The vibe is weird.
There’s also this “the past five years have been so hard, what the f was all that??” washing us away. It’s really complicated to absorb and deal with.