Hi, friends.

At the beginning of March, I feared being the last of my circles to get vaccinated. Then the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine was available en masse in my area right when I became eligible. Just like that, I’m the first of my friend group to be fully vaccinated and somewhere in the middle of my family to be fully vaccinated.

I have no idea when I’ll feel completely safe out in the world, but that’s okay. We’re all figuring it out as we go, right? I’m mostly looking forward to hugging my mom and my dad and my brother and my grandpa again, for as long as it takes to make up for a year without hugs.