We Are Going to Stay

We were thrilled to visit our family in central Virginia for Thanksgiving. I thought about bringing the Christmas presents - just in case - but decided against it. Now I regret it. We eagerly accepted our invitation for Christmas - like we have for the last many years. But over the last few days with all the news about the new variant, we decided it would be best to stay home rather than worry about it the whole time we were there. We have a college aged grandson and our family just got their boosters. We wouldn’t be able to do a lot of the traditional things we always did - no indoor dining, no church service…. We didn’t want to wear face masks in the house and we didn’t want to just stay one day instead of the usual two. Taking tests every day is not our cup of tea. We always looked forward to visiting because it is a very pleasant four hour drive and a great excuse to leave our prison. So as it was last year, we will be spending the holiday with each other. As my mom always said - things could be worse. It doesn’t make it any less disappointing.