Ahhh I just can’t stay home anymore

[Anonymous]

I feel like I am about to have a breakdown. My youngest is turning 5 in a month. My parents are vaccinated and boostered. I can’t live like this anymore.

For those whose entire family is vaccinated, are you living life as normal?

[Anonymous]

we are fully vaccinated, but no. we are still shuttered because of the snow and omicron.

[Anonymous]

what do you want to do that you aren't doing? Get a good mask and get out of the house. You'll be fine, even if you get covid, you'll likely live.

[Anonymous]

i am the same. We are cracking. 34 weeks pregnant and a 5 year old fully vaxxed, Adult are all 3 dose modernas.
The 5 year old had a confirmed close contact the day school ended for winter break and we've been in. Everyone is testing negative (2+ PCR's and rapids) but now we feel that it's irresponsible to go out. School is closed till next week. STIR CRAZY.

[Anonymous]

Normal with a mask. Except I’m not flying due to all of the cancellations.

[Anonymous]

Normal? Not quite -- we're not dining indoors and we're avoiding indoor gatherings (other than school), but we're hardly staying home, either. We do lots of outdoor stuff -- hikes, sledding, skating, playgrounds, outdoor playdates -- and some indoor stuff (running errands, museums, etc.) with good masks. We travelled over the holidays but don't have any plans for the next month given the surge in cases and cancellations/disruptions.

[Anonymous]

How old are your oldest? For me, I feel like being a bit isolated at times is just part of having little kids. Your life isn’t your own anymore, even without omicron and snow. There are just low days sometimes. Do what you can. Call a friend. Go for a walk. And if being in a crowded place is the thing that will keep you from having a breakdown, double mask and go. I’m not saying that to be critical, either. I remember days when pushing a stroller through Tysons helped me from pulling my hair out. Do what you need to do. You’ll be ok.

[Anonymous]

We are not traveling by air and not eating at restaurants. We do see vaccinated friends and family regularly in small gatherings, the kids are in preschool, we take them to the playground and the park, we do all our normal errands masked. We plan to rent a beach house within driving distance this summer as our vacation. We are all vaccinated except our 3 year old (and she will be as soon as it’s available!)

[Anonymous]

My decisions are somewhat random, but I like to think of them as strategic...will I eat indoors for a great restaurant meal when it's freezing, or when traveling and there's no (easy) other options, yes I will. Will I eat indoors at our local Chinese place, no, because that will taste just as good as a take out order and can be eaten at home, so that risk of exposure isn't worth it to me. I'm not going to the gym b/c I've set myself up to be able to work out at home, so the marginal risk of the gym isn't worth it. Seeing friends I care about, yes...sending kids to childcare, yes. I mask when I can, and don't make it a point to take kids where people will be unmasked, but I support doing things that keep you from going insane.

[Anonymous]

We wear masks when we go out in public indoors - but now that the kids are all vaxxed - we are doing what we want. Over winter break, we went bowling (masked) and to the movies (masked) for the first time since the pandemic started.

[Anonymous]

Yeah. I go to work every day in my n95. And in limbo until school decides if it’s opening again. I’m not sure what you think you’re missing minus things that are closed due to covid

[Anonymous]

I had a massive meltdown yesterday. Kids have their first shot, second shot in two weeks, so that's good.

Now 3 weeks of kids at home (due to the weeklong snow school closures), plus working from home for more than 1.5 years now has really got me. I take the kids out all the time (playgrounds, hikes, skating) but I need more adult interaction. We saw my parents over the break but that didn't feel like "enough" especially because they didn't really want to do anything the whole time they were here. I feel like my friends have mostly disappeared, and the ones that remain - I'm not comfortable eating inside a restaurant and they're not the types to want to go for a hike or something outdoors. So?

My husband told me yesterday to plan a day out or a weekend away, but I'm not sure what I'd even do right now or who with.

[Anonymous]

Living life as normally as possible here. We’ve flown, eat indoors at restaurants, and see family and friends. Life goes on.

[Anonymous]

Living life normally here as well, but all my kids are old enough and were vaccinated. Trying to secure a booster for my tween but it’s been hard to do since the rules for that just changed. We’ve flown for the holidays, will have some (vaxxed) friends over this weekend, and the kids do indoor activities. No omicron yet but I’m sure it’s coming…can’t outrun it forever. The one thing we are taking a pause on is eating indoors over the next couple of weeks, but we enjoy take out routinely anyway.

[Anonymous]

My vaccinated, booster’ed family all caught covid last week. Once we’re testing negative, we’re going back to normal. There are too many stories of people being crazy isolated for two years, doing everything right, then getting it anyways. It’s not worth a third year of this. I’d rather have omicron again than not see my family, friends, or travel for another year.