{"id":30,"date":"2021-07-14T01:02:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T01:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/?p=30"},"modified":"2021-07-14T20:32:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T20:32:23","slug":"reconnecting-after-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.murbook.family\/?p=30","title":{"rendered":"Reconnecting after COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I tend to be a bit of an introvert and I really did not feel overly constrained by the pandemic. Yes, I missed picking out my own groceries and going out to eat, but being in my home was OK. I look back and am amazed that I truly went 15 months without going into a grocery store and only went to Target for the first time last week! It is a lot cheaper when you do not go into a store and find the things you suddenly \u201cneed!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what I also found out is that I do like to get together with friends and family. During the early part of the pandemic Cherie was here and we just did a lot of stuff together (like build my lovely garden, and cut down a lot of trees!). And we Zoomed Matt and Jenny almost every day. Once distance learning set in and I became more comfortable teaching remotely, I still felt like there was some connection with the people at school and a few of the students. And finally, when Matt and Jenny moved back to California and we could actually see and touch them, all was good with the world. I know of many who did not make it through the pandemic, but my immediate family did. And for that I am very thankful!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once we all became vaccinated, I finally realized that although no one would consider me an extrovert, I am not as introverted as I thought. The science department gave me a retirement party and I got to see people I haven\u2019t really seen in a couple of years. And then when I drove Kris and Allison to see our cousins in the Bay Area, I started to feel reconnected to all of my family. And last week seeing my Aunt and Uncle, brother and Edna on our way to pick up Cherie from Whiteriver, I became more settled. I feel alright again. I am grateful for family, health and science that allow this to happen again. I hope we do not go back to what was \u201cnormal\u201d in a societal sense, but I feel my life is doing what it should be doing. I am grateful again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Walking along the Rim Trail at the Grand Canyon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lunch in San Ramon with Kris, Sheila, Anne and Allison!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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