So this is day two, and I feel fine. My arm is better and I haven’t developed any supernatural abilities beyond the ones I already had. I have two. One is of very limited use and not worth talking about. The other is spectacularly useful, and would be a big hit on the old Whose Line game …
My super power involves always being able to pick the correct size container in which to store leftovers. Very useful. Never going to save the planet from marauding invaders.
This is the one I already had, and I am still waiting for my new vaccine-inspired powers to kick in. And, also, the second dose. I’m also waiting for the two weeks after that, when the magic has really happened. So five weeks. A lot of things happen in five weeks. Some of you have been in relationships that lasted less than that. I’ve watched TV shows with a shorter run. That’s half of a Kardashian wedding! Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine were married for a shorter time, too! Five weeks is less than four Scaramuccis! And I’m sure they’ll rush right by so that I can continue to be cautious, but with a bit more peace of mind.
And also some carefully controlled family visits. Looking forward to that, as most everyone is.
Meanwhile, a former student notes Utah is about to join Alaska in opening up vaccinations.
Exciting #Covid development out west from @iustv alumnus @jordan_burrows. https://t.co/cvZlgifEny
— Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) March 10, 2021
And this bit of news which will be profoundly encouraging, I’m sure.
This will mean so much to so many.
"Nursing home residents vaccinated against COVID-19 can get hugs again from their loved ones, and all residents may enjoy more indoor visits, the government said Wednesday in a step toward pre-pandemic normalcy." https://t.co/459iELGKap
— Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) March 11, 2021
Something else I know you’re looking forward to, the television shows. This is last night’s news show.
And the students also produced this really cool show, too.
One last normal thing … we had the opportunity to watch some racing last year in the middle of the pandemic, which is going to seem a really brazen thing, one day. But this, here, now, feels different. I said it because I felt it.
We've been watching the first three stages of @ParisNice tonight. It just seems so delightfully normal.
Have you found a lot of those things yet? Stuff that just feels regular, somehow? pic.twitter.com/QvheeEwZYO
— Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) March 11, 2021
And the more and more I think about it, I wonder why. What’s the normal part and why? And why is it normal? Have we finally just begun to internalize things? That seems an inherently risky thing, doesn’t it? We could be so close to turning the tide on this thing, and all of our own choices have helped with that in some regard. We shouldn’t toss that aside just yet.
