Walk the Plank

I have been reading and educating myself on this amazing development of CV19.  In my estimation, life will not return to normal for many years.  Some say this fall, some next year and others 2024.  The way we lived for the past 100 years is no more.  Things we have lost: hugs, hanging out, bbqs, sports, concerts, birthday parties, graduations, sailing with friends, going to the movies, going to school, dinner at a nice restaurant, brewpubs, concerts, darts games, dinner parties, travel, large gatherings, bocce with friends, swimming in a pool, going to the beach, brunch, wine tastings, and the list goes on and on and on...   As a friend of mine said recently, "All the fun things in life are no more".

This is not something that is going away anytime soon.  And who is to say it may not happen again and again?  Is this the new normal?  I think back to the Mexican missionaries in the 1700's as they moved north up the California coast.  They would find a nice spot say Monterey/Carmel.  Let's build our mission here and have the local Indians help us build it.  The problem was the same, the Mexicans brought viruses with them that the Indians had no resistance to and the Indians died.  This issue has repeated itself many times in human history. 

So where do we go from here?  It is so depressing to see everyone in masks and everyone avoiding each other.  I am a serious extrovert and this is very difficult.  I owned a very successful event planning company that brought over 150,000 guests and more together for fun events over 27 years, I have taken over 1500 friends and family sailing and have a ton of land-based friends as well. I am still sailing a bit but solo at this time.  It is still amazing out there but the best part of owning a boat is sharing it with friends. 

I know alot of folks are hurting out there and this is going to be a long drawn-out debacle.  It's going to get worse and I hope we get through this and recover.  We have so many people who have no idea how bad this could get.  No one knows.  I hope the best for all of us and we get to the other side soon.