Oh God... I'd forgotten about parent club

I find it really difficult thinking back to the "full" lockdowns. It was just weird, and stressful and a bit scary. DS rediscovered a PS game last week that he played a lot in homeschooling breaks, and the background music just sent me so deeply back "there" I had to leave the room!
Obviously some people liked the whole thing, some hated the whole thing and some (probably the majority) found bits they liked and bits they hated... As things have gone a bit more normal some have reverted back to 2019 as far as possible, and some are trying to keep a bit of the things they found useful, or are still a bit anxious so have built certain "safety features" into what they do. We're all different after all, and there's nothing necessarily wrong with that as long as there's compromise and empathy and whatever.
I think I was a bit worried that things would change soooo much that it would start to appear normal, and would never get back the way things were in 2019. Probably still feel a bit like that tbh.. like we're being forced to keep bits of a somewhat niche lifestyle, that some people have always chosen for themselves, and others have realised they quite like the freedom to pick and choose from - but as a result, take away the "good" bits of life for others without a proper "consultation"
. Yes, having the ability to wfh where possible is great (and I've wfh since 2016 since going self employed!) but the idea of never having an office environment with all your co-workers in at the same time for meetings or whatever still seems suboptimal to me... though that seems to be the way things are going, and that makes me a bit sad. Like there is no choice to do something better (or at least better for some) because some people don't want to, and now have the "but public health..." excuse which seems to trump all.
And perma-masks can gtf for one.