I’m in the car before it really dawns on me what I’ve done. I’m participating in one helluva science experiment. The end result of which I hope will mean life will return to some sort of normalcy. I doubt it, but I can hope. At home, I kiss my wife. She’s proud of me for going out in public. I think she is.

She is already on the other side. Vaxxed, and ready for me to join her. Ready for me to understand how she feels safer out there interacting, and how I should stop panicking every time she goes for a run. I want to be there too. I open my laptop, and click through my work e-mails. I have a meeting to go to in a few minutes.

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