cimorene

The first time socializing with anybody but siblings, niblings, and our tenant since the pandemic began: we had dinner at our tenant's bff's house today, along with tenant and MIL's bff (tenant's bff's sister - that's how we found our tenant in the first place). And we met the tenant's bff's husband, but that was just one unknown person and so it didn't really feel alarming and new and we stayed for exactly two hours before coming home to give the diabetic cat insulin, which was also good.

Because they're all over 70 - in fact, MIL was a bit younger than all of them - everyone except us was vaccinated. It was surprisingly nice! Low key, of limited length and not too novel - I admit I reacted "NOOOO" on receiving the invitation because we already spent a few hours Friday evening planning our garden with tenant & her bff, and that is closer together than I would generally like social interactions to be, but it turned out to be fine after all. It was actually nice! Enjoyable conversation, and it's nice to get Swedish conversation practice in real time.