Since everything was shut down around March 2020 thanks to good ol' COVID-19, life has been, well, less than fun. That's about as nice as I'm going to get because otherwise some not-so-pleasant words just might appear here—the kind you hear a lot in R-rated movies and biker bars.
Back in 2020, everyone hoped that by the time 2021 came around, things would get back to normal. As we've seen, no such luck. In fact, during this year, at least two new variants of COVID-19 have shown up. First there was delta, and now omicron. The makers of at least one of the vaccines used for the booster shots claim that their vaccine covers those. We'll see, as my nephew and his girlfriend have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Wonderful news, huh?
In a little over a week, we'll be heading into a new year. We said the same thing a year ago and many thought that 2021 would see an end to the pandumbic (I can't help calling it that, in part to the appearance of the new variants and the fact that too many people still don't take this whole thing seriously—they don't wear face coverings or keep their hands clean, and think that they're somehow above catching any form of the virus).
Will 2022 keep the fun and games going? Only time will tell.
