The simple joys of returning to the world
The other day I went out for lunch. Once upon a time (in what I’ve come to refer to as the Before Times) that would have been an unremarkable statement. Lunches, coffees, dinners – these were all part of my working and personal life, a part I enjoyed very much. I don’t think I realised how much I’d missed it, though, until I went out for that lunch. Life has become quite closed in lately, hasn’t it? Even though we can go out, many of us are not. At lunch we discussed how we’ve forgotten how to get dressed to go out, how excited I was to wear “proper” shoes and put on lipstick. The banter with our server felt fun and special, and eating food I hadn’t cooked myself was…