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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

Still minimal COVID impact! I was able to see one of my best friends last weekend--this was the first time I've been able to see her since 2019, which was amazing! In that time she had a baby, so I got to meet her baby as well! She talked a bit about the difficulties of having a baby during COVID, like her husband having to wait in the car during several important appointments she had during the end of her pregnancy. I truly can't imagine going through that. I'd considered trying to visit this friend over the Christmas holidays in 2020 in a socially-distanced manner (we were visiting family the next town over), but at that point she had JUST had her baby so we decided not to attempt it. I am so glad that I was able to see her! Things are starting to feel a bit more normal-ish. I still wear a mask when I'm in stores, but I barely wear one at all when I'm at a restaurant and barely wore one when I was at my office yesterday. We're still working virtually and I'm not sure how/when that will change, but I'm not exactly in a rush to go back into the office. There is something very nice to being able to do work in comfortable clothes, with my cat nearby. There's also something nice about being able to do a load of laundry during the workday! As nice as it is to do laundry, anyway.