Will life ever be normal again?

Being stuck in the house without a wide variety of things to do, has me doing a lot of thinking. Questions have been going through my mind like, when will we go back to normal life? Are things going to be normal right after quarantine? This pandemic is definitely an event that will be remembered and it could change the way we live our lives from now on.
The other day I was talking to my dad about another COVID-19 update and he said to me “who knows if people will ever shake hands again.” That really got me thinking about the little things in life that we take for granted. I also started thinking about how many germs really are around us that we don’t notice until something like this happens.
There’s so many little things in life that we do everyday and take advantage of. We don’t realize stuff like this until we are locked in our homes during a pandemic and can’t be near other people. I am used to seeing my friends almost every single day and now the only way I can see them is on facetime. If I knew the last time I saw my friends that I wouldn’t see them for a while I would’ve hugged them a little tighter. If I knew the last night with my roommates before spring break was actually going to be for good I would’ve had one last movie night with them. I went away over spring break and as I was away things with the coronavirus got worse and I didn’t realize that until I was home and I have been home ever since. It’s the things that make life normal that I miss right now.
Until now, I didn’t think about how many germs are everywhere like I do since this pandemic started. Everywhere you go now you have to wear a mask and I wash my hands more than I normally would. Whenever you go to a store everyone has to be six feet apart and when you check out there’s glass between the customer and employee. It’s scary to think about the amount of germs everywhere which is why everything has to be closed right now and why we have to social distance. 
When I first went into a store during the pandemic, I thought it would feel so strange wearing a mask into Target because that’s not normal. However once I was in the store, I felt like I would’ve felt more out of place if I wasn’t wearing one. That made me think, is this the new normal now? All of this is starting to feel more normal the longer we are in quarantine and it’s pretty scary. 
I really hope life will be relatively normal again and I hope it is sometime soon. I have so many things in the future that I am looking forward to and hopefully I get to do them. A lot has been canceled already but eventually I hope things can go back to normal. 2020 was the year everyone thought things would start going well and I would say it definitely took a turn for the worse. My mindset right now is to expect the worst but hope for the best. Keeping a positive headspace is important right now so that is what I try to focus on.