It's been a long time since I've had a real "normal" interaction with people. There's always an atmosphere of caution, even among people who've been tested for the virus. Among the general public, like at the grocery store, it's definitely panic inducing.

That's to say nothing of LARPing. We used to spend hours and hours indoors together, and LARP plague is one of the general horrors. I'm going to have to be much more cautious in the future, since my current home has some immunocompromised folks in it.

But I miss it. I miss live combat, I miss friends I can tackle-hug, I miss feeling like a demigoddess. Writing just doesn't seem to carry the same panache. I have to find a story that works for me.

And I miss travelling for games. It's not like I used to sightsee or anything, but connecting with people, existing outside of the US, I lived for moments of that.

Let's try to figure out what we really want this year, aye?