How My Vacation’s Going

Let’s be real. It’s gonna be a miracle if I get to attend Worldcon (for those just joining, I’ve been holed up in Scotland for days at a writer’s retreat I’m missing out on because I caught Covid). It’s not impossible, but it sure seems unlikely right now. I’m not a thoughts and prayers or send good vibes kind of person, but if you’d like to honor my struggle, I’ll just ask you to remember that there’s a huge surge of a particularly virulent strain going around right now*, and to comport yourself accordingly by avoiding crowds, masking in public, and testing as regularly as is reasonable for you.

I’m not unduly suffering, save for missing out on a vacation I’ve been looking forward to for a long time. But there are people out there not as blessed with good health as I am, for whom a Covid infection could mean dying or being sick for a long time or even just missing out on things that make life nicer and more worth living. I know we’re all exhausted by the pandemic but the struggle’s not over, and it won’t be til we can all pull together and beat it. We all just have to do our part.

*I caught this variant despite masking in crowded places and reupping my vaccination two weeks before traveling.