If anything it's gotten... less normal I guess. Though I suppose for me it's the "new normal".

I got diagnosed with an autoimmune disease back in September which means I'm immunocompromised now, yay me! So I've pretty much had to live almost exclusively indoors since then with a few exceptions here and there. It was quite the dramatic change since prior to that I had been going to work in-person but that's now no longer the case. And it may no longer be the case for... a few years? Depends on how long my treatments and COVID last. So it's unclear. I also have to wear a mask outside everywhere for... the rest of my life? Or at least whenever there's a pandemic, or flu season, or- well you get the idea. So all the time pretty much. And while working from home is nice, not being able to go out to eat with my friends or... go outside in general except for a few isolated instances is hard. And while I had been working from home and isolating back when the pandemic started, with my new job I was considered an essential worker so I got vaccinated and had to go in person. And it's REALLY hard to go back to that when everyone else around me isn't. It's only FOMO, I know, but it's still annoyingly stupid how much I miss just... being physically at work sometimes. Of course, DC is shutting down again with Omicron so it's not like I'll be missing exceptionally much, but... ya know it's a weird balance.

So yeah, COVID normal is... my new normal.