Given the amount of time we've been stuck in this worldwide pandumbic, there's no doubt that many of us—if not all of us—can't help but to wonder when things will return to normal. The short answer is "who knows?" On my planet, what is normal cannot be easily defined, as "normal" here is as complicated as can be. Six of one, half a dozen of another as the saying goes. For the sake of simplicity, though, we'll focus on things where the majority of our fans live. And that would be Earth.
My own year is not off to a good start. Still without wheels, it's hard to get done what I need to get done. I have some friends who have had COVID-19 hit home in one way or another. One friend and her husband picked up the virus somewhere, but got one of the new vaccines and are doing OK. Another friend and his wife got the virus; he's OK, but his wife was in the hospital briefly. In the last message from him, he says she's home and improved and he has yet to show any symptoms. I don't know whether they got vaccinated.
As I write this, we get a new president in two days. The last four years have been nothing short of a fiasco politically. We'll see how it goes. At age 78, Joe Biden will be the oldest person in U.S. history to take the office of President. There have been rumors that Biden chose Kamala Harris as his vice president intentially so that should he need to leave office during his term—for whatever reason that will be—she will step up and become the first female U.S. President. Could happen, but we'll see.
Some have speculated that COVID-19 will be with us throughout 2021 and into 2022. There are reports of a new mutation of the virus that people are picking up. Between all of the politics, DD (from my last post), viral mutations and who-knows-what-else, there's no telling when normal will come around the bend. Maybe chaos is the new normal. If that's the case, it'll take some getting used to.
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