I do not think I am alone when I say that I am ready for the pandemic to be over. I am tired of being at home all day, every day. I'm tired of my monotonous daily routine, and I'm bored. Most days I sit at home and watch tv or read most of the day. I go on daily walks or go hiking, and wait as life slowly drifts away. I used to long for days like these because they seemed to be few and far between. But now, I miss having a hectic life with a crazy schedule. 

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At the beginning of the pandemic, I like a lot of people thought it would be a short period of time. A quick little vacation from the real world, then life would go back to normal. Then I quickly realized that things were going to get worse before they would get better. And they have. Now we are currently in this weird limbo period where the number of cases is still high, but businesses and restaurants are open for business (at a limited capacity, and honestly I'm having a hard time keeping up with those rules). I guess I'm writing this because I've seen a lot of changes happen over the last couple of weeks on all fronts except the virus, and I think that should change. 

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I'm not going to act all high and mighty as if I've been the model standard for quarantining. Because I haven't. At the beginning of the quarantine, I was the first person to forget a mask. I've also gone to a restaurant (or five) since they've reopened (until I started hearing about employees catching COVID. we've since shut that operation down.) But I have been paying attention to the numbers and since the reopening of everything we did see a spike in cases (shocker). I don't know about you, but I'm not really ready to risk my life for some tacos. I'm definitely not willing to risk the lives of my family members.  I guess the point I'm trying to make is that I get it.  I'm bored too, but I think public health and safety is far more important that boredom. So please, stay inside, wear a mask, and wash your hands!