Both the near future, an hour or so, and the far future, this time next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have, for the most part, been living in the now for the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Partially because I didn\u2019t really see anything changing week to week as we were in our stay-at-home phase and toilet paper crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even with a job, I stayed in the moment being so very careful not to bring the virus home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am still going to be careful and observe all safety protocols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is a change that has made me start thinking past the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Peter is fully vaccinated now and, as of Friday, will be safe from the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That makes me happy, but the moment of change for me was when the needle went into my arm this past Thursday and I received my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine and I have an appointment on April 15th<\/sup> for my second shot. That means by the end of April, I will be vaccinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now we just have to get Caroline in the shooting match. We have her on the waste list at CVS and we are going to add her to a few more around the area pharmacies. I want her to be vaccinated before she goes to Prom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then the family will be vaccinated with little cards to prove it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After that, with safety measures in place, parts of the world are our oyster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I can think about travel again although I know that is in a couple of months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I can think about what I want to do down the road because I am not worried about getting deathly ill or Peter catching something from me because I am asymptomatic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It is hope in a bottle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I can contemplate what I want to do for conventions again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I can think about going to see my parents and siblings again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was talking to Caroline during our daily walk the other day and realized that I have not hugged my parents in more than a year. She gave me a hug for support and hopes she never has to go this long without hugging me. She missed hugging her grandparents too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is a future ahead of me that is not stuck in the now anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And that makes me feel good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am grateful for the vaccine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Both the near future, an hour or so, and the far future, this time next year. I have, for the most part, been living in the now for the past year. Partially because I didn\u2019t really see anything changing week to week as we were in our stay-at-home phase and toilet paper crisis. Even with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t