Yesterday I spent way too much time reading anti-vaxxers' comments saying they think all states should re-open AND that there's no way they are taking a vaccine whenever one is developed for covid-19. Doubly angry because I know these are the views of our own family members. Finally I tossed my phone aside--then picked it back up--and called bambi's pediatrician and scheduled her three year shots. And they had an opening today. So that's what we did today.
She was so brave--she wore her favorite orange dress, insisted on sitting next to me on the bench, instead of on me. And just clasped her hands tight tight tight and stared straight ahead till the nurse came in.
Masks are mandatory now so she was just sitting there in her flowered scarf turned mask (I tie it above her little ponytail so it doesn't slide down). But when the doctor needed to check her ears and throat and asked her to pull it down for a minute she lost all composure. She clutched it to her mouth and shouted, "I need my mask!!!"
We walked past a lot of our old places and may have seen acquaintances-- shop clerks on nodding terms-- but its so hard to tell behind masks. We all just smiled and nodded. The [lolli]popp-y quickly banishing all emotional need for her mask and I let it slide and steered the stroller well over six feet from everyone to be safe.
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