We may be in Stage 3 of our re-opening, but life is far from normal.
In order to go shopping for new glasses, I had to make an appointment - the first available one is Thursday afternoon.
Masks are mandatory, which is city bylaw right now anyway, but a temperature check will be done, as well as a health questionnaire completed before I will be admitted. The store is locked, and I will have to knock or phone.
On the plus side, with 14.5 million people in Ontario, we are reporting 111 new cases since yesterday; 4 deaths; and a total of 96 people (in the entire province) are currently hospitalized with COVID, 31 of whom are in ICU.
“Far from normal” seems to be working.
In other news, we ate indoors at a “restaurant” yesterday. I said I wasn’t ready, but we were the only people there. Of the ten available booths/tables, 50% were taped off.
Everyone else was going through the drive-thru.