To go or not to go?
I've been dithering for weeks about trying to visit my dad for a couple of days in mid-May, between the end of my spring semester and beginning of my summer term. I need to find a few outstanding tax documents (from both 2019 and 2020 tax years) I'm sure he has in his house (I have the rest) and get those finally filed. I want to see for myself how much his functionality is eroding, rather than just hearing about it from neighbors.
But this involves planes (here to OR, with one stop in the middle). I'm fully vaccinated (Pfizer) and am 3.5 weeks past my second shot, so I'm as immune as I'm going to get, until the fall booster. Everyone in my household will have had their 2nd shot by the time I would go, although Two (the last one) would only have JUST gotten his 2nd one a few days before my tentative departure. But still. Planes. And it's been my impression that people are not great with proper mask wearing in his tiny hick town, for when I need to get a few things at the grocery store. (I can wear MY masks, of course, but I probably will encounter a lot of people who won't.)
I am DESPERATE to go for the above reasons, but I can't decide if this is a reasonable risk to take, or if I'm just being foolish. Thoughts?
(And yes, I realize I haven't done a proper update in over 3 weeks. I have ONE more big project due on Sun, and then hopefully I can breathe.)
But this involves planes (here to OR, with one stop in the middle). I'm fully vaccinated (Pfizer) and am 3.5 weeks past my second shot, so I'm as immune as I'm going to get, until the fall booster. Everyone in my household will have had their 2nd shot by the time I would go, although Two (the last one) would only have JUST gotten his 2nd one a few days before my tentative departure. But still. Planes. And it's been my impression that people are not great with proper mask wearing in his tiny hick town, for when I need to get a few things at the grocery store. (I can wear MY masks, of course, but I probably will encounter a lot of people who won't.)
I am DESPERATE to go for the above reasons, but I can't decide if this is a reasonable risk to take, or if I'm just being foolish. Thoughts?
(And yes, I realize I haven't done a proper update in over 3 weeks. I have ONE more big project due on Sun, and then hopefully I can breathe.)