General Discussion

Hubby (73) and I (67) have been going to indoor dining restaurants for some time now. We are now both fully vaccinated including the post 2 week wait period, as of March end.

We mask up and wash hands. We stayed away from any restaurants where the staff did not wear masks, before we were vaccinated.

It might sound cavalier but we know the risks, limited the dining to places with high standards reflecting COVID practices and generally stay away from crowds otherwise.

As I said, life is short.

I was more scared way back when it all started when I did the food shopping alone, and masked up, gloved up and wore an outer coat that stayed in the car between shopping trips. A year ago we wouldn’t dream of venturing other than to the food store. Back in the early days we even washed all the items I purchased using a mild chlorox solution. We had a little cleaning station in an outside gazebo next to the house. This was in cold Northern New York where the temps were in the 20’s and windy. I won’t forget how many times I stood outside my car cleaning my bare hands with alcohol gel before getting in the car to drive to the next store or back home. Gawd it was cold.

And the stress and fear of bringing the virus home to my older husband. Or contracting it myself.

We haven’t gotten lax, we’ve just realized that taking proper steps and precautions have proven to be useful and effective.

We all have to make our own decisions. So far, so good.