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I’ll think of your post every time I’m tempted to sulk or feel sorry for myself because I’m sitting out the orchestra season yet again, and perhaps (likely?) only prolonging my inevitable retirement. I know it would be infuriatingly mind-numbing to have to listen to my musical colleagues blabbering on ad nauseam about their jabs and boosters that they voted to make mandatory (yes, voted!). And I thought it was bad in the years before, having to listen to the conductor rant and cuss about Trump every chance he got.

Meanwhile, back in my real world, I’m discovering new acquaintances each week who have refused the jabs and are remaining firm. At this point, no one is remotely “hesitant” about it anymore. They all say the same things - this is their line in the sand, the battlefield issue for them. Each one has gone up in my estimation for this, and many are becoming fast friends with this unique shared camaraderie.

I actually began keeping an unjabbed list for reference - it’s up to almost 40 people now! DH and I are not big social animals, so this is a huge amount. Way more than the jabbed friends and relatives!

Last week, we were in Home Depot looking at a particular appliance. There was no helpful employee in sight, but a fellow shopper looking at similar items asked if he could answer any questions for us! Turns out he is a handyman, so we took his business card for future reference. He was all upfront about how he didn’t trust the government and would never get the jab. Delighted, we replied, “you’re just the kind of person we like to call!”