Should We Stay or Should We Go?

Both my husband and I got vaccinated last January, February and March. He got the Moderna vaccine and I got the Pfizer vaccine. He got his at our doctor’s office and I got mine at the community health center. We were thrilled. At least we were able to attend our grandson’s high school graduation in between the pandemonium. Then we got our booster shots at the grocery store pharmacy at the end of September. We were confident enough to visit our family in central Virginia for Thanksgiving. Our grandson was in his first year of college and his Covid test was negative so that was even more reassuring. While visiting our family we began hearing about another variant. Three weeks later everything is up in the air. While I was wrapping Christmas gifts last week I was doing it half heartedly. As the days progressed the news starting sounded bleaker. Everything once again seems out of control - at least for now. We were planning to visit central Virginia again for Christmas. Now we aren’t so sure. The family was just boostered this week. The cases are skyrocketing everywhere. We have been so careful the last two years the last thing we want to do is get sick. We literally are on the fence. By the hour we keep changing our minds. We went grocery shopping today just in case we end up staying home. I suppose the grandson’s Covid test results might influence the outcome. We just aren’t feeling really confident right now. Maybe we could plan for another time once things settle down? Thank goodness we don’t have reservations for anything. When is it going to end?