tomorrow finally came

going back outside

the world has started again and it looks like it might not shut down any time soon. i know i know, that’s what we all thought would happen after the first wave, second and third one. but it feels like this is it, covid is over.

i’m fully vaccinated now and still removing my mask in crowded rooms unless absolutely necessary, used to fill me up with anxiety, it doesn’t anymore.

it feels like i’ve just woken up from a long nap, going back to school. seeing those same familiar faces i had seen everyday for ten years and now not knowing what to say to them. but also seeing familiar faces i’d never spoken to but now suddenly am.

i missed it; the constant buzz, the never ending noise, an old teacher remembering you were the tall girl on the last bench who spoke a lot. after two years of staying at home, i missed this. going somewhere everyday, having a routine, meeting people and complaining about everything. it feels foreign now, i’ve had the same routine for the past 15 years of my school life and it’s somehow different this time.

the last time i had walked through these same doors, i was trying to come up with fun food i could take in my tiffin tomorrow; little did i know tomorrow would be two years later and i’d have to have my tiffin 6 feet apart. well, at least tomorrow finally came.

it’s addicting; the process, the routine, the getting ready at 8 am without fail and sleeping before 1 am everyday because you can’t sleep in your classes anymore:) i hope i learn to appreciate every inch of it, now that i know what it feels to not have it. taste the freedom, breathe in the air, embrace the noise and feel the world begin again.

and lastly remember:

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”

- Ferris Bueller, ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’.

that’s all for today..have a good one❤