What's on your "after I get the vaccine" list?
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We're near the end of the priority list in England, so a lot of the restrictions will have been lifted before we have both doses. The plan for that is to wait for the rush to die down, but I suspect we'll end up doing some things (like meeting in up to a group of 6 to go for a walk) before we're vaccinated.
I'm most looking forward to seeing family and friends, being able to go out to restaurants, the cinema and escape rooms, plus browsing a few of my favourite shops. I don't plan on going abroad this year, maybe next year.1 -
I am booked in for my first dose on Sunday and all I can say is I will be greatly relieved when I have had it.
Where I live on the south coast of the UK we are almost down to no cases, not quite but almost, so the chances of catching in the supermarket are pretty low now in any event, so just looking forward to their being less chance of getting seriously ill if I was unlucky.
The one thing I have missed is my regular 6 month dentist check up so be good to get back to that.
I have promised my Mum we will go out for a meal when "things get back to normal" as we are just about to miss my second birthday since this started, one of her's, and we normally go out Christmas Day - all meals out we had to miss. But we are going to wait until we have had our 2nd vaccines and the mad rush to get out and about again is over.
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Go see my mom. I saw her in the summer outside luckily but will be nice to do so mask free and have a meal
Go out for dinner someone else does the dishes
Vacation!!
We're long overdue for dental cleanings, I know it's safe to go but I'd rather just wait2 -
Doctor visits that were due at the time of the initial shutdown. None important so I just waited
Socialize more with other vaccinated people outside of my initial bubble.
Go out to more restaurants than the few I've gone to that had decent protocols
Go to more gym locations to try them
Get a haircut!! I was due prior to the shutdown and just haven't wanted to risk it1 -
I've had my 1st dose and SHOULD be eligible to get my 2nd any day, but I'm just waiting on our local health dept to tell me when. Unlike most other places, they didn't schedule my 2nd dose when I got my 1st.
When others are vaccinated, get together with friends and family.
When my husband is vaccinated, actually go out to eat at a restaurant
Traveling
Going to Six Flags with my kids! WE live about 30 minutes from one and my 11-year old son is/was a roller coaster enthusiast. The roller coaster/amusement park section was closed all last year.
We have visited my mom a few times--one time was more out of necessity as she broke her ankle last May, so we went down there to help out. She is now fully vaccinated as well.
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kshama2001 wrote: »
- Stopping food shopping for my mother (although, since she is 83, that's probably going to start back up again soon. At this time though, she would prefer to do it herself. I'm really looking forward to the aisles no longer being one way.
This, if you substitute 81 year old father.
Travel, although that will depend on international borders re-opening.
Reinstating my Friday evening tradition of going out for dinner.
Being able to aimlessly browse in a store without feeling like I need to quickly grab what I came to buy and get out.1 -
Traveling. I think I'm going to break down and get a haircut before then, and I hate working out with a mask so can't see myself going back to the gym regularly while that's still required. Going to eat inside at a restaurant. Working from the office most days, and taking public transportation regularly.
Most of what I'm waiting for is less about me being vaccinated, though, as enough others being vaccinated so we can have plays and concerts and group gatherings again. I've been looking at races and bike trips/events and hoping some will go this year. I'm signed up for one in September (Apple Cider Century).1 -
JustSomeEm wrote: »
Just wanted to add how sad and disappointed I was to return to read the other Covid prep thread and find it closed.
I realize where it had headed but couldn't it have been edited or something? That whole thread was currently my go-to for information; I trusted some of the input there more than on other social media.
JMO
I was working on it, dang it!
Sorry
Gotta work on my patience. But Thank you!! 
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JustSomeEm wrote: »
Just wanted to add how sad and disappointed I was to return to read the other Covid prep thread and find it closed. I realize where it had headed but couldn't it have been edited or something? That whole thread was currently my go-to for information; I trusted some of the input there more than on other social media.
JMO
I was working on it, dang it!
If it can't be re-opened for comments, is there anyway it can be "archived" and at least read? It really is a pretty awesome real time account of the past year.4 -
Mine so much isn't what "I'll be able to do", it's more about what my mother will be able to do. She'll be able to see her grandkids safely. We haven't seen her in person since beginning of January. Prior to Feb. 1, my kids were in hybrid learning model where they'd go 4 days and then learn virtually the following week. If she wanted to see the kids, we'd isolate Friday and through the following week to be sure symptoms didn't develop. I work from home and at the time, my husband did too. Not a perfect system, but she really wanted to keep seeing them and we wanted to make it as safe as possible.
Now that the kids are back full time and my husband is in the office full time, it's just not safe right now until my mother is vaccinated.
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I get my first Pfizer dose this afternoon. In the immediate, the biggest change will be that schools re-open to full time in-person learning April 5 for the rest of the school year. This will actually be a huge shift given that we've been on-line only since last March 2020. With that, I'm not sure what my office is going to start to require. As it is currently, I'm in person in the office three days per week and WFH two days per week. With kids going back to school, it is unclear as to whether or not I will need to return to full time in the office. The big hiccup there is that, as of now anyway, not much in the way of summer camps or summer child care options are open and/or available...so most people will still be looking at a situation where their young children will be home during the summer and parents will still need to be given the latitude to WFH until at least the fall.
Other than that, I don't see much changing for me and my family in the near future. NM still has pretty strict restrictions in place, so those are more or less going to dictate what things we can do that we aren't already doing. We never really stopped seeing family and close friends during this whole thing...we have a very small circle of family and friends...really, my mom and her boyfriend...my sister and her husband we see a couple times per year, and two other families that we're really close with and have continued to see on a regular basis throughout this whole thing...so no change there really. Our own personal risk assessment of these interactions was low risk to begin with, as even before the pandemic we all pretty much went to work/school and home and did some grocery shopping once per week or so. We're all family people with young kids, so it wasn't like we were galivanting around town to begin with. I've been going to the gym a couple times per week to hit the weight room and I've kept all of my medical and dental appointments throughout this whole ordeal.
We are planning on a long weekend out of state for spring break as my work will no longer require quarantine for out of state travel once vaccinated. This will be our first real getaway in over a year but still a cautious one. We have rented a cabin in the mountains near Vallecito Lake in the Durango, Co area and will be pretty secluded away from others. We may spend an afternoon or something in Durango proper, but that'll be about it.
Going forward, and depending on timing, I plan on taking my youngest boy to Tampa, FL so he and I can go to the Miami Dolphins vs. Tampa Bay Bucs game...he's been begging me for a daddy/Henry trip somewhere like I did a few years ago with my oldest...and much to my chagrin as a Dolphins fan, he loves Tom Brady and would love to see him play in person and I myself haven't been to a Phins game live since Marino retired. If it all works out timing wise, I also plan on taking my oldest to Phoenix when they host the Green Bay Packers as he is a rabid Packers fan. We don't know specific dates of these games yet, only the opponents...so a lot will just depend on timing.
We also recently found out that the hot-air balloon company we had booked with last March for my oldest boy's 10th birthday is now flying again...they still have our money, so all we need to do is book our flight. Unfortunately, my oldest boy isn't quite as excited about that now as he was last year...but we're going to do it anyway.
I'm also really hoping that we can have a return to live, in person sports soon. We have a great minor league soccer team here that started up in 2019 and we've yet to see a game. We bought season tickets last year before the pandemic, but obviously most of the season was cancelled so we received a refund. They're really good and I'd love to get out there and watch.
But again...a lot will really depend on our governor and what/when certain restrictions are finally lifted.
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I am fully vaccinated and so is my husband, so I feel very good about it and with another level of protection around. However, I am, and I will be still careful and watch for new infections/variants. Staying away still from people that don't use common sense and don't have interest in protecting themselves and their community. I will be wearing masks in public until it is reported by the scientific community, that herd immunity has been achieved and it is OK to be without masks in public.
1) Seeing/visiting my "vaccinated" family (two kids and their families) and friends. Mostly in an outdoor and not crowded setting.
2) Shopping on my own.
3) A massage and a facial (I don't know if they are open)
5) Vacations (we canceled everything last year), but they will be domestic, although going to Hawaii implies wearing a mask for many hours. I don’t feel good about it.
6) Probably dinning out more, but only outdoors.
7) Go back to the gym, when is open. Much of the mechanical equipment has been moved outdoors so I may try to go next week. Our summers are very hot and working out outside is not possible; if the indoor gym doesn't open during the summer I will be very sad
I have been getting my dental, eye, medical, and tests appointments as needed as soon as the offices were open. I never stopped my routines check-ups unless the sites were closed. I also had periodic haircuts under safe conditions when the salons were open. The last one was yesterday.
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Strangely enough, one of the things I miss the most are retirement parties. In this case, "party" means staff gathering in the lunch room for 20 minutes of speeches and gift presentation and grocery store slab cake. But at least it marks the event. During the pandemic I've lost three long-time coworkers, people I've spent over 30 years of my life with for 40 hours a week, without any kind of ceremony. One day they're there, and then they're not. Poof, gone. I've found myself sadder about this than I would have thought.10
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cwolfman13 wrote: »JustSomeEm wrote: »
Just wanted to add how sad and disappointed I was to return to read the other Covid prep thread and find it closed. I realize where it had headed but couldn't it have been edited or something? That whole thread was currently my go-to for information; I trusted some of the input there more than on other social media.
JMO
I was working on it, dang it!
If it can't be re-opened for comments, is there anyway it can be "archived" and at least read? It really is a pretty awesome real time account of the past year.
It's been reopened
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Can't wait to meet up with friends and go back to work2
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Didn't mention it in my PP, maybe because it's not gonna feel safe for me right after vaccine, but I look forward *someday* to going back to my local brewpub. It's a very li'l ol' lady friendly, safe-feeling kind of place. In the past, I've had fun sitting at the bar to have my *one* beer (because they like to be lively about ABV, and serve pints), which is very good beer; and having random conversations with strangers and regulars. I've met so many interesting people, of all ages and types there, in a lot of mostly one-off chats.
For some reason, if I have a nice conversation with a lumberjack-bearded man young enough to be be my grandson, they often seem inclined to want to hug me like their granny when they or I leave. I'm not that huggy a person, so I don't miss that part. I tend to go along with it, because *clearly* nothing inappropriate is intended, and I kind of suspect some of these friendly bear-like young men don't get as many hugs in their lives as they would really like, because it's too fraught to hug other guys, or women who aren't old enough to be their granny. In context, I can cope. (They *always* ask if it's OK to hug me. They're very polite. It's kind of funny, actually, how very polite.)
All through the pandemic, I've joked that when it was over, I was going to stay home until all the huggy people got the catch-up hugging mostly out of their systems. 😆13 -
Ann I could hug you ❣️
Wait a second... I just did 🤗4 -
I'm a homebody, and Canada, Ontario's restrictions haven't been too bad in comparison to some other countries, so not a lot has changed for me.
The main thing on my list is travelling to Europe, but only plan on doing it next year either way. I'm young and Canada has been slow with the vaccine roll out, so I'm not expecting to get it until fall at least.
Will be nice to see people's full faces again.2 -
By next Saturday, all 4 of us (me, spouse, adult child and their spouse) will be fully vaccinated (2 weeks after our second jab), so we will start having indoor maskless get togethers with hugs!
I've also scheduled our dental appointments, which was the only medical procedure I was hesitant to do since it involves open mouths.
And I will likely schedule to give blood or plasma (whichever they want) since blood reserves are very low.
Living in one of the states that have already dropped mask mandates, I'm a little hesitant to do much else. I want to feel as certain as possible that I haven't passed the virus to an unvaccinated person and caused a death or long term disability. While I can never be absolutely sure of this, I still want to do my best.
When (if) we reach herd immunity, I'd really like to go back to museums and shows, and to vacation again. I'd be perfectly happy to never eat inside a restaurant again, though. Turns out I don't miss that at all.6 -
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I’ve had the first jab. once I’ve had the second I shall visit my sisters - I haven’t seen them for a year. Haircut as I look like a yak. Then later in the year a trip to Tunisia I hope!2
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Didn't mention it in my PP, maybe because it's not gonna feel safe for me right after vaccine, but I look forward *someday* to going back to my local brewpub. It's a very li'l ol' lady friendly, safe-feeling kind of place. In the past, I've had fun sitting at the bar to have my *one* beer (because they like to be lively about ABV, and serve pints), which is very good beer; and having random conversations with strangers and regulars. I've met so many interesting people, of all ages and types there, in a lot of mostly one-off chats.
For some reason, if I have a nice conversation with a lumberjack-bearded man young enough to be be my grandson, they often seem inclined to want to hug me like their granny when they or I leave. I'm not that huggy a person, so I don't miss that part. I tend to go along with it, because *clearly* nothing inappropriate is intended, and I kind of suspect some of these friendly bear-like young men don't get as many hugs in their lives as they would really like, because it's too fraught to hug other guys, or women who aren't old enough to be their granny. In context, I can cope. (They *always* ask if it's OK to hug me. They're very polite. It's kind of funny, actually, how very polite.)
All through the pandemic, I've joked that when it was over, I was going to stay home until all the huggy people got the catch-up hugging mostly out of their systems. 😆
not sure where you live ann, but I'm in the south and people are huggers.
I HATE THIS. TO.MY.CORE. If i dont know you REALLY WELL, I dont want a hug!
I also dont like people standing or sitting too close to me. can we keep the 6' away in public rule? that would be GREAT.12 -
It won't be for a while but I want to go to a sold out ballgame with family/friends and high five random people sitting around me when the home team scores3
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Well...had my first... hoping everyone gets theirs soon, so can safely meet up in parks and in work places! Mostly looking forward to seeing family again.... lockdown ending & community transition rates going way down low
In the meantime staying at home, safe in my bubble, protecting the beleaguered NHS3 -
My GF (Pfizer) and I (Moderna) both got our 2nd shots about 2 weeks ago. So, we are just about innoculated (at about 95% effectiveness) for whichever version of C19 those vaccines were designed to combat.
However, no one really knows yet how effective these vaccines are in protecting against the current variants - Brazillian, South African, NY or CA. So, continued vigilance is still required to avoid the risk of infection as much as possible.
On the other hand, neither of us is living in a bubble. We both still go out to do whatever errands are required, like shopping or going to the PO, and we are dining out together at restaurants -- but only outdoors-- while still wearing masks, social distancing and observing sanitary precautions.
No need for me to go to my gym (that's paid for my Blue Shield) because I have a full gym set up a home. I do miss going to the sauna/steam room there BUT who knows if/when they'll ever reopen those things, even after the majority of people are conisdered immune due to vaccination or prior infection.
The counties in my area are just starting to lift the indoor dining/drinking restrictions but I'm in NO RUSH to eat/drink indoors and don't think I'll do either for a LONG TIME to come. I'd just rather not risk doing that yet no matter what the "experts" or govt officials say about it.
The only thing I really want to do that I haven't done in over a year since the pandemic started is to just hug my 2 grandchildren. Missed doing that this past fall during their b-days and Xmas.
That's really the only thing that I hope that I can do soon, now that I have been fully vaccinated.
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Well, when I originally answered, I had assumed I would be in the general population group due to our local guidelines declaring that I am not fat enough or sick enough. However, I received a message from my provider yesterday and am now getting a "one and done" J&J shot tomorrow, even though the "young but fat and sick" group doesn't start until Monday. I guess they just had extra slots to fill any way they could and invited those of us who are borderline? While I am giddy excited at the additional protection, it also means that nothing will change for me because neither my husband nor my roommate will be vaccinated for awhile, unless they get a similar surprise.5
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Strangely enough, one of the things I miss the most are retirement parties. In this case, "party" means staff gathering in the lunch room for 20 minutes of speeches and gift presentation and grocery store slab cake. But at least it marks the event. During the pandemic I've lost three long-time coworkers, people I've spent over 30 years of my life with for 40 hours a week, without any kind of ceremony. One day they're there, and then they're not. Poof, gone. I've found myself sadder about this than I would have thought.
Right?! We’ve had 30+ year employees leave without cake, embarrassing stories, and other festivities. Makes me sad to not celebrate their dedication and launch into a new life.3 -
Go back to the gym Yay!
Get on a plane and travel! yay!
and just relax and quit staring and glaring at people who don't wear masks. .or talk too much in a small space like an elevator, .. just not worry .. it will be amazing to embrace humanity.3 -
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However, I am, and I will be still careful and watch for new infections/variants. Staying away still from people that don't use common sense and don't have interest in protecting themselves and their community. I will be wearing masks in public until it is reported by the scientific community, that herd immunity has been achieved and it is OK to be without masks in public.
I have been getting my dental, eye, medical, and tests appointments as needed as soon as the offices were open. I never stopped my routines check-ups unless the sites were closed.
The biggest challenge for the past 6-9 months has been avoiding people in public who are not wearing their masks properly and keeping 6’ distance in public places. Sometimes I wonder if common sense even exists anymore.
I had the J&J shot 11 days ago, but no one else in my home has been vaccinated. Most of my friends have. I will continue to meet with friends outdoors for now.
What I miss the most and look forward to is going to plays with friends which includes riding in one car and dinner or lunch beforehand. I’d also like to go on a beach vacation, just not sure where. This would require a plane trip or I would already be planning it. And Ieant to visit my 85 year old mother which requires a plane trip or a really long at ride.
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