What Are You Looking Forward To Most Once The Pandemic Ends?

I was thinking the other day about what I will do once the pandemic is considered officially over.  In other words, no masks and no social distancing required although my guess is some will still follow those protocols for a while.  As a matter of fact I think some of the things we did with regularity before COVID-19 may be ancient history for some.  Included would be handshakes and kisses of those we are not close with and standing in a packed crowd at a concert.

However there are many things we will look forward to including:

• Sitting at a bar…any bar and enjoying a drink served by a friendly bartender.
• Talking with co-workers at the water cooler because there are actually co-workers at the water cooler.
• The return to “Bagel Fridays” at our office.
• Not having to get our temperature checked…for anything.
• Gladly accepting any and all party invitations.
• Coughing inside a store without everyone giving me a dirty look.
• Walking on the treadmill in my gym with others on both sides of us.
• Buying clothes after we have tried them on.
• Not being afraid to ask someone if you can use their bathroom.
• Face to face meetings instead of Zoom, Teams and Skype.
• Actually be able to visit someone in the hospital.
• Watching a movie in a movie theater, comfortably.
• Watch a Broadway show in a Broadway Theatre!
• Going to a baseball game in person with a lot of people and have our beer served by a vendor.
• Going to a Penn State football game with 100,000 of my closest friends. (This one is clearly personal...see picture).
• Dinner reservations for a large party at the same table.
• Not having to watch virtual award shows ever again.
• Making spur-of-the-moment plans because you can.
• Going to an all-you-can-eat brunch…well maybe.
• Dancing and not on a TikTok video.
• Christmas and holiday parties.
• Traveling without hesitation

That’s more than enough to start and let’s hope it all begins very soon.