what is everyone looking forward to/not looking forward to post pandemic?

[eggie_]

with the vaccine and everything, it seems like there may be a bit of a return to normalcy in the near future (hopefully). so what is everyone looking forward to!! or not looking forward to? (also just a note but pls dont argue about masks/policy in this thread its just for fun pls)

personally i think im excited to hang out with friends again, but im not really looking forward to potentially going back to school in person. lol, being in in-person school feels like being packed into a can of sardines for me! i only have a few close friends that i keep in touch with outside of school, and im perfectly comfortable doing school online and meeting up with them outside of school

im also looking forward to being able to attend cons again! like pax east and whatnot. and although i have social anxiety, its pretty much primarily in smaller groups of people, i actually enjoy being in crowds/large groups of people lol. so im looking forward to that being a safe option again!!

also, just randomly going out to bookstores and stuff.... that i am 1000% hyped for. book stores are op. and also ice cream shops!!

 

[Midoriya]

Uhhhhh... nothing.

But if I had to say something, it would be the ability to go outside without being fearful that I’ll get infected every day.

 

[Licorice]

The only thing I can think of is being able to wear lipstick again and not having masks taking up space anymore in my purse. Where I live the theaters, restaurants and the mall have been open since last year.

 

[jiny]

i just wanna hang out with my friends again :"(

 

[DinosaurDumpster]

being able to not wear masks and not have to sanitize everything before i use it at school.

 

[Halloqueen]

I'm looking forward to visiting my best friend again since she lives in a different state.

 

[oranje]

I'm looking forward to socializing with people again. I'd consider myself as more introverted but because I've been so deprived of human interaction since the start of the pandemic, I really want to meet new people and hang out. I want to join clubs, party, go to a brewery, go to nurseries, go to events, go to museums, do everything once most people get the vaccine. I miss people. :'(

 

[Blueskyy]

I get my second Moderna dose on the 1st. I still plan to wear my mask and take precautions, but I’m excited to simply be able to feel like I can be around family more and go to family functions without being as worried or guilty. So many people in my family are also vaccinated, so I’m ready for things to open back up more than they even have now. I spent March 2020-September 2020 teaching fully online (not counting the summer in that range of course). I’ve been fully back with my class since January. However, I’m really so ready to someday have normalcy in the classroom too. I still think we will have masks next school year, personally.

 

[Bluelady]

I’m looking forward to going to the movies; or the freedom to just leave the house and go to a quiet place like the library when I need space.

I’m also looking forward to not feeling sick with stress whenever I enter a public building.

However, I’m not looking forward to forced smiles or plucking my facial hair on a weekly basis.

 

[demoness]

i wouldn't worry about it anytime soon

not only do we have to vaccinate people, but we also have to play games with obstinate bozos rendering our hopes and dreams and efforts moot at every turn

i miss makeup

 

[cornimer]

This might not be a super popular opinion, but I'm looking forward to having in-person meetings for work again! I've been very lucky to keep my job via working from home through the pandemic but I miss seeing my coworkers regularly. I miss some little things too like bussing to the mall to grab lunch & a coffee when I feel like it, but that pales in comparison.

However I'm not really looking forward to being forced to visit with certain relatives

 

[Neb]

I’m looking forward to starting college. I delayed applying since I hated online school back in junior high. The structure just didn’t work with the way I learned. Hopefully I can move to wherever I attend.

I also anticipate traveling again. One of my moms and I were planning on spending a month in Japan, but the pandemic started just three months before our flight. With the way things are in America right now I can’t imagine doing the trip until Spring 2022 at the earliest.

 

[Stella-Io]

I suppose I will be looking forward to being able to go on vacation and out to restaurants again. Trying on clothes since fitting rooms have been closed forever. Also not risking spreading a super deadly disease to others. But other than that, nothing has changed much for me, except gettin a new job. I quit my last one cause someone at my old job tested positive for Covid. I got the news over text at home, cause I had called out from work for 2 days in a row because I was very sick. And I'm not the kind of person who gets sick easily.

I'm NOT lookin forward to people who don't learn from this. People who think it's okay to stand right in someones space, gross nasty people (thou this really hasn't changed. Nasty people are still nasty and a mask and world wide pandemic can't help that). I will very likely still wear a mask cause this pandemic has shown me people are gross and inconsiderate.

 

[-Lumi-]

I am very much looking forward to the pandemic being over but there is a part of me that's a little nervous about it, too! Let's start with the good things, though.

-I won't be nearly as stressed. This whole pandemic has been such a roller coaster of stress. Stress about my family and friends potentially getting sick and stress about money from being unemployed. I'll be so relieved when that stress goes away. This pandemic has definitely dialed my anxiety back up to the levels it was at when I was in school. I hate going out and I'm always on high alert whenever we do.

-I'll get to see my girlfriend!!! Ahh I'm so excited. We're long distance at the moment but I love her so much and I can't wait to see her.

-I'll finally be able to see my friends again! I haven't seen one of my friends in over a year and my other friend I was able to visit in the summer when the cases were low but I haven't seen them since. I love them to pieces but I'm really nervous about bringing the virus home to my dad. We text and call and such but I miss seeing them in person.

-I miss going to the movies and out for dinner! I didn't go out tons but the one thing I would do is meet my friends for lunch or dinner and sometimes see a movie. We haven't been able to do that lately.

-Shopping I love shopping. I miss going to thrift stores and seeing what cools things I can find! Technically the shops are open so I could go but again, I'm trying my best to limit my chances of getting sick.

-I can go back to work. I can't return to the specific job I had prior to covid but I can at least get a job again. Once both my dad and I are vaccinated I'm so excited to apply to nursery schools and other child care centres in the area. I miss working with kids so much it's ridiculous. It'll also be really nice to see the number in my bank account increase instead of decrease. :')

-I'm also really looking forward to not needing to wear a mask everywhere. I'll keep mine around still and I'll wear them whenever I'm sick but it'll be really nice to go into shops and not need a mask on.

~Things I'm nervous about~

-My anxiety has been bad, lol. And I want to believe once the pandemic is over it'll be like flipping and switch and I'll be back to where I was before but I'm nervous about it. That I'll still have the lingering panicky feelings and nervousness because my social interactions have been so low this past year.

-Getting employed. I loved my last job and I do enjoy working but the process of finding a job? Gross. Not enthused. I hate resumes, interviews, and then just trying to find a child care center that I'll fit in at. I really want to try and get some kind of child care job again because cashier work or anything remotely related to that is so hard for me.

 

[deana]

I'm excited to hug everyone

But also just being around people in general. Currently where I live we still aren't allowed to have indoor social gatherings, so firstly I would like to just be in the same room as people once again. And hopefully sometime after that it will be safe to actually be less than 2m apart from people. And then I'm hugging everyone and it's non negotiable lol

 

[Seastar]

Not really anything since I was normally an indoors person in the first place.
Maybe I'd look forward to seeing my nieces and nephew again? I'm not sure.

 

[Nefarious]

I would say going to the movie theater weekly again, but even that is uncertain to go back to normal. New movies are now being released through streaming services, so who knows if theaters are going to survive this. I can only hope, they were the highlights of my weeks.

I suppose other than that, I guess going on road trips again. May be an introvert, but I did love visiting random places just for the hell of it.

 

[Mr.Fox]

There's light at the end of the tunnel...but we're still unfortunately nowhere close to going back to normal.

We the responsible people, who have done everything correctly during the pandemic, have to suffer the consequences of the idiots who didn't follow rules. The people getting the vaccines will still have to accommodate the people who are not getting the vaccines...so don't expect masks to be gone for at least another year.

On the plus side? I wasn't sick at all last year, not even a cold, and I deal with sick people every single day. My coworkers and I are actually considering wearing masks at all times at work from here on out because the evidence speaks for itself. The worst any of us have had over the past year was seasonal allergies.

Kinda makes you realize how often you eat/touch your face/mouth without being clean or breath in contaminated air...kinda gross...

Anyways sorry to be a downer...like someone already mentioned I do miss hugs actually...I haven't hugged my family in over a year...

 

[The Loyal Rat]

To be honest most days I forget it’s going on. I’m a bit of a shut in that only goes outside to workout everyday at like 11 PM or later, so I live under a rock haha, I make enough money from home to get by, and I don’t go anywhere since I don’t own a car or have anywhere to go, I have a nearby family member shop for me anyway.

I haven’t had friends since I graduated, so I’m not really missing out on hanging out.
I think I’ve only ever worn a mask about a handful of times since this started, and that’s just because I don’t go anywhere or see people like at all, I wear it whenever it is needed of course.
So really my life will not really change at all, I don’t watch TV besides College Football season so when it came to this stuff I didn’t even know what was going on until I browsed a sports forums talking about it at first.

I think what I look forward to is being able to go to football games once everything is back to normal, I love watching college football in person, there is nothing quite like it.

 

[LadyDestani]

What I am looking forward to:

- Getting to see my niece and nephews again! I did see them last summer but that was still a very long time ago. I've missed birthdays and Christmas with them. Admittedly, I don't always see them for those events every year because they live in a different state, but the pandemic meant that there was basically no chance of it happening this year.

What I'm not looking forward to:

- Wearing make-up again. I haven't necessarily enjoyed wearing a mask, but one benefit has been that I don't feel the need to wear make-up every time I go out. My skin has felt so much cleaner and healthier and it saves me so much time getting ready. I'm not really a make-up person anyway, but I have acne scars that I feel very self-conscious about so if I don't at least try to cover them up, I'm not going anywhere.

Mixed emotions:

- Going back to work at the office. Working from home has had its ups and downs. I love being able to wake up later, not having to get dressed up, and being able to just close my laptop and walk away if I need a few minutes of peace. At work, there's always someone who will track me down to ask me a question...even in the restroom! However, there are issues that come with working from home that have caused me tons of frustration. Laggy internet, my dog barking during my conference calls, and video meetings are all things that I won't miss.