Can I just be honest for a second?
I don’t want things to return to normal.
I like this little nest I’ve built with my family holed up at home.
I like having nights and weekends without the scramble of who’s taking who to what sport today. Whose dinner party is it and what’s the dress attire? Where is their house and what kind of gift should I bring?
I’m an introvert through and through, and besides spending the past year fearing a virus, this shelter in place style of living turned out to be my favorite thing ever.
I would be okay with doing Zoom calls over in-person meetings from here on out.
If I never go to a networking meeting or party it will be too soon.
If restaurants shut down altogether and turned all their food services to delivery – sign me up.
Even family functions have overcome the awkwardness… nah, scratch that. Those are still awkward virtually.
As life starts to very slow consider a return to normalcy, I read about what’s popping back online and I cringe. Please, just let me stay home in my snuggie and slippers.
Am I being irrational? A little. I know my extroverted partner and my children are chomping at the bit for birthday parties and camping trips and BBQs. I know my time of declining gatherings for safety reasons will eventually lose muster. And yes, I will need to go back on a plane, walk through a mall or attend a conference again in person at some point.
But for now, I will hold these last few months of homebody heaven with my life and love every second. It took a pandemic for me to feel at home. And some things will never be the same, but maybe we can meet somewhere in the middle on others.
Because we always knew home is where the heart is. But it turns out everything else I need and love is there too.
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