I'm still lying low by buying food in the early morning, avoiding crowds. When is this going to end? I am becoming an ultimate hermit, going out when nobody is around and trying to talk to people only when absolutely necessary. I don't really like living this way. Without talking to my students, I would be going stir-crazy. I am rather sociable usually. I love talking to people. So, my job keeps me sane. I feel blessed to have a job although it pays poorly. I can eat, sleep with a roof over my head, have running water and electricity. I am grateful for what I have but living like a gopher hermit is not a life. I hope the situation improves soon.

I am lucky to be healthy. I was living precariously for a while, eating out, meeting people, and not really not following guidelines since I was vaccinated. I heard about the delta variant though and it made me re-think my behavior. It's no joke that people are dying from covid-19.

I will continue lying low until I look out of my gopher hole and see that life around me has returned to some normalcy. Until then, I will dig my hole deeper by continue focusing on my work and sleeping.

Oh well, does anybody out there have any good news?