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

<strong> 9:00am Tuesday before Thanksgiving</strong>: I drove to get a<strong> nasal swab PCR test before hosting family, including my nearly 96 year old mother in law</strong> for Thanksgiving. The testing site was by appointment only, and still there was a line of cars. But it moved quickly. My husband and twenty-something kids also got tests before we all gathered for the holiday.<strong> We all got "negative" results and felt more comfortable in hugging, eating and just plain being together. It was wonderful</strong> to have a "normal" Thanksgiving after last year's holiday and all the other missed occasions. (And<strong> I've been tuning out the news of a new variant out of S. Africa.... I feel like I just can't deal</strong> with this pandemic continuing.....)