Yes, it has arrived. Phase 2 on Long Island.

Truth is that I had started to enjoy referring to my husband and my son as Fluffy and Puffy. Lots and lots of hair growing in this house. Very much the “quarantine effect” for the men.

But haircuts became legal this week on Long Island and both Fluffy and Puffy were able to get appointments with the barber.

Just the fact that they now had to make an appointment made it different to start. But the barber shop was clean, lots of masks everywhere, plastic partitions between the chairs – and extremely strict 20-minute appointments. And, of course, the hand sanitizer douse before and after. I think this is our world for a little while.

It is amazing though how a little grooming can change your whole outlook. With the “de-fluffing” and “de-puffing”, it was almost as if we had a little normal back. OK, only a little, but I will take it.