A new resident of Dallas has spent four of her first six months in lockdown, waiting for that day when she can walk out the door without fear. But now the virus is back, more terrifying than ever.
In January, after living in Miami for 18 months, following 25 years in New York, I moved again—this time to Dallas. The idea was to be closer to my sisters, one of whom lives in Dallas, with the two others in Austin. After years living far apart, I figured now we would see each other more often, be just a drive away, celebrate birthdays and holidays together, and have those long family chats we loved to have, and to finally be able to do it in person and not on the phone.
Those first days in lockdown, I walked blocks around me, carefully stepping away from oncoming strollers and joggers. One afternoon an older fellow walking his pooch crossed my path, smiled, and kept approaching, ignoring my stop signal. I backed away quickly. A few Sundays later, I went over to a popular trail nearby, but bikers, strollers, and small groups crowded the paths. Joggers whooshed by me, their mouths hanging open, spewing droplets. No one wore masks.
On May 1, caving in under pressure from his party, industry and business, political interests, and his president,. It was one of the quickest and most aggressive reopenings anywhere. He did it against the cautious federal guidelines that other states, like New York, were following. Bars and restaurants reopened with some restrictions; retail stores, cinemas, hair salons, and gyms, just about everything, reopened for business.
I still don’t dare to go out. Every time I step out the door or plan to make the doctor’s appointment I’ve put off three times, or think of a way to meet safely with my sister who lives just two miles away, I back out. She and I have seen each other a handful of times since lockdown, always at a distance and masked. We wave and rush away. Not having a car, I can’t go for a drive just to see what’s going on in the city. I text and email family and friends.
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