Daily writing prompt

How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic?

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First of all I want to start by expressing how thankful I am the Covid-19 pandemic is over and for the most part, behind us. I actually hesitated to write about this prompt because I just so want to kiss everything pandemic related goodbye. I don’t want to dwell on it or discuss it or think about it.

But then I started to think back to 2020 when this horrific situation took hold of our lives. It was like the world had been kidnapped by Covid-19, it was in control in the driver’s seat and we simply had to hang on for dear life in the backseat, having no idea what the destination or outcome might be.

I am a nurse and was working part-time in a long term care facility (personal care home) and part-time doing Covid swabbing. Working in long term care is challenging at the best of times and in the worst of times, like during a pandemic, it’s incredibly draining. Elderly people who live in a facility are prone to loneliness on a pretty regular basis and so of course when there was no visiting allowed at all because of the restrictions, for those three years, the loneliness became heightened.

During this time whenever I heard people complain about having to “work from home”, I was infuriated and somewhat jealous. I would have given anything to stay home in pajamas from the waist down, real clothing from waist up and get paid to do it.

Okay wait, I’ve veered off topic and am focusing too much on the past.

Presently, I am working as an Instructor at our local college. Because it’s new job to me, I don’t really understand how it might have changed since, and due to the pandemic. However I now finally have the chance to work from home when I’m able and I feel that option was possibly borne of the pandemic. Which I so appreciate.

Otherwise, I’ve tried to leave all things Covid-19 behind. I don’t wear or even carry masks with me anymore. And I no longer test myself for Covid at the first sign of a sniffle. I don’t feel Covid-19 continues to bleed into my daily life and I prefer to keep it that way.