Item
New Normal
Title (Dublin Core)
New Normal
Description (Dublin Core)
We didn’t leave the house for a year. Not exaggerating. Search my name in this archive, you will see we didn’t leave the house, nor was anyone allowed inside. However, when cases dropped this spring, we began to venture outside, albeit with masks. Now with cases on the rise, it becomes such a difficult choice. The adults are vaccinated, so we should (hopefully) be semi protected. But the kids aren’t. But do we want to lock them inside for another 18 months? Obviously not. So we’re trying to embrace a new normal. We still haven’t gone to any home get togethers - too dangerous with Delta, but we are carefully enjoying the outdoors. The zoo is all outdoors and spread out, so that has been feasible. Disneyland has been replaced by the beach, which we’re very lucky to live so close to. The beach isn’t scary - there’s plenty of room to spread out. But what do you do when your former teacher and current co worker who adores your kids invites you to school to share in a tennis picnic? My kids LOVE “gung gung” (Chinese for grandpa), and he loves teaching them tennis (he’s been the tennis coach for almost 30 years). There is no one size fits all answer. I decided because he was vaccinated, the event was completely outdoors, most of the tennis players are vaxxed and my kids could wear their masks that the risk was worth it. And it was, they had a great afternoon. So this is the new normal. Weighing the risks and making decisions that 18 months ago never would have been given a second thought.
Date (Dublin Core)
August 6, 2021
Creator (Dublin Core)
Kathryn Jue
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Kathryn Jue
Type (Dublin Core)
Photograph
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Home & Family Life
English
Recreation & Leisure
English
Events
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
mask
vaccine
Delta
new normal
beach
children
parenting
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
choice
decision
outdoors
beach
children
mask
safe
protect
Collection (Dublin Core)
Motherhood
Children
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
09/11/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
09/15/2021
09/20/2021
11/08/2021
04/19/2022
This item was submitted on August 11, 2021 by Kathryn Jue using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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