What a year it has been for everyone. Especially for the people who have lost some relatives and especially for the people who experienced the true form of loneliness (and everyone else who I have forgotten who should also be noticed) the whole year was one big feeling of terror which almost seemed neverending.
I had it easy I must say. I had my job, which still took me away from home an x amount of hours per week, I saw my colleagues, we chatted about nonsense only the topics of chat and the actual work was different so for me...it wasn't all that terrible I must admit.
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But for others it was different and no joke at all, so we can only be happy things are starting to turn back normal again. Currently in Holland the resturants and terraces are opened until 22.00 in the evening and all shops can be visited again. Masks are still required indoors though. This info changes nearly every week because the total amount of vaccinated people is getting larger by the week, as well as covid related hospital admissions going down. Good signals!
At first when things were opening again, I didn't really notice and I also find I shouldn't have to be the first person to be on the hunt for everything again. So it took until about this week when I actually did a lot of things all of a sudden.
Friends were dropping by the house spontaneously again, there were meetups on sunny terraces again without making reservations. Home improvement is possible again without having to make any reservations are the supply store again, before noticing you had forgotten that one important brush and there was no option to go back again, only to make a new reservation sighhhhhhh. So all of a sudden these things are fun to do again.
I feel alive.
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I even will be taking public transportation again which I have avoided for so long because there is no reason to get with 50 strangers in a bus or train while you can also bike towards somewhere. Beach here I come again for some old friends meetup!
I had different ideas of building up my social life again when I moved back to Holland in the beginning of last year, which ofcourse needed to be postponed due to the situation. But now all of a sudden it seems like we are back to being social animals again. And although as said the situation for me wasn't that difficult at all, it really feels good that atleast there is an option again to choose what you want to do.
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Lets get this life back where we left it and start living again!
