Good Lord, it has been two years already! I can remember vividly how we followed the unfolding of the drama, hoping for the young couple that they will be able to have their wedding after all, and how we were sharing your joy when it finally came true. Much happiness to them, they are a lovely pair of people!
It really is two years - and in some ways it feels as if we have been in this pandemic for ever! They really are good people - and well matched to each other.
I remember. She's a very grown-up young lady, isn't she? Some girls would be drumming their heels or singing the blues, proving that they were to young to get married in any case. They have a lovely attitude, don't they?
It is odd - it seems like so long ago, but also just as if it was months ago.
They just got on with life - although there wasn't much else they could do I guess. But I think if they could cope with that they could cope with most things.
I remember all of that so well...hoping beyond hope that they might have at least a small wedding on the day they chose. And I also remember being so impressed by the communication on FB. That was truly touching and such an outward thinking thing to write instead of a personal lamentation. Wonderful!
And the JOY of their wedding day was so wonderful!
Two years...how can that be? And it's still with us but attitudes and living with this thing are beginning to take over the collective thinking.
It was so traumatic at the time - it was like the death of 1,000 cuts. And I remember that, on the day it was finally cancelled, and we had 24hrs before total lockdown, she looked so much less stressed, and the 4 of them went out for a picnic by the sea
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Yes, just yesterday Spain moved into a new system for registering covid as well. No more testing (unless you want to self-test but no need to report results). If it's an asymptomatic or light case, no isolation or quarantine needed although they advise people to wear masks if they're going to work infected and to stay away from vulnerable people (don't visit your gran in the care home e.g.)
I think it's too soon. Cases are going up although they won't be counting them like before either. Twice a week they'll look at two things: hospitalized cases and deaths from covid and say we will know how bad it is from those two stats.
We'll see what happens. Like you, I can't say I agree with this just yet.
Is it really two years ago. I'm not sure if it feels like yesterday or half a lifetime but I remember so well hoping that the wedding would go ahead. It was such a happy time when it finally did and that photo is full of joy.
I feel the same way - it seems as if it is half a life time ago that the pandemic was just a few people ill with something unusual in China, and yet the wedding doesn't seem long ago at all. It was such a joyful day; whenever I think of it it makes me smile.
ah yes, i remember these days. confusion, fear, anxiety... on the other hand, not that NOW is much better. more fear, more anxiety - only of a different kind. :(
I was thinking, yesterday, that we were so worried about there being 10 or 12 cases on the island at that time, and then when we went into lockdown again when it wormed its way back onto the island in Feb 2021 we were worried about 75 cases - and now we have over 1,600 current cases in our population of 85,000 and we will end the legal requirement for any isolation in 3 days time!
The difference was, I guess, that in 2020 it was a very possible death sentence, by 2021 some of the most vulnerable were being vaccinated and hospitals had learnt strategies to cope so that you were more likely to survive, and by now there are only 12 of those 1,600+ cases in hospital, none of them in intensive care.
Worries and anxiety these days, whether related to covid or the cost of living, or Putin, are less immediate, I guess.
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They just got on with life - although there wasn't much else they could do I guess. But I think if they could cope with that they could cope with most things.
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And the JOY of their wedding day was so wonderful!
Two years...how can that be? And it's still with us but attitudes and living with this thing are beginning to take over the collective thinking.
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I think it's too soon. Cases are going up although they won't be counting them like before either. Twice a week they'll look at two things: hospitalized cases and deaths from covid and say we will know how bad it is from those two stats.
We'll see what happens. Like you, I can't say I agree with this just yet.
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on the other hand, not that NOW is much better. more fear, more anxiety - only of a different kind. :(
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The difference was, I guess, that in 2020 it was a very possible death sentence, by 2021 some of the most vulnerable were being vaccinated and hospitals had learnt strategies to cope so that you were more likely to survive, and by now there are only 12 of those 1,600+ cases in hospital, none of them in intensive care.
Worries and anxiety these days, whether related to covid or the cost of living, or Putin, are less immediate, I guess.
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