rascal
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My niece just sent out invitations to her April 2021 wedding down in Savannah, Georgia, which is probably an 11-hour drive from where I live in Ohio. I am not eager to get on a plane, for one, so driving would be the only option, and I don't want to have to stop and use the restroom anywhere on the way. How likely is it that I can "hold it" for 11 hours? My husband immediately stated he wasn't going, so I would have to drive alone, which I don't like to do for long road trips. Secondly, the wedding is in a church and she has invited about 150 people. Social distancing or not, I am not eager to spend an hour or more inside of a church with a bunch of other people, most of whom I will not know and will have no idea if they are as careful as I have been with self-isolation, mask wearing, and good hygiene. And the reception is another indoor venue with eating and drinking, so that will mean not much mask-wearing going on, plus after people are drinking, they will likely be less careful to social distance. Then there is the staying in a hotel part. Not a fan of that idea, either, no matter how great the hotel staff has been at sanitizing things, all it takes is one slip-up and I could contract the virus.
Since March I have managed to stay COVID free and would like to stay that way. I have been so very careful, missing out on socializing with my friends and family, missing out on going out to restaurants and bars, and missing out on vacations that I normally would have taken by now and will miss the ones I usually take in the late fall and winter. I actually enjoy shopping in person and haven't been able to do that, either. I don't want to disappoint her, but I also don't want to risk my health. I don't imagine there is going to be a safe and effective vaccine by April. I would love to be more optimistic but I just don't see it.
Hopefully she and her fiance will offer a ZOOM option for those of us who will not be attending.
In your case don't go and risk it after all you have been through.
Russ