Sitting at YUL

I’m sitting in a nearly empty airport concourse, with two hours before they board my flight.

There was no wait at security or US customs, just staff waiting for travelers. Most of three concessions in the US departure concours are closed, and lunch may be a Starbucks sandwich.

The Canadian border is now open to Americans, and the US has been admitting Canadians by air for at least a year, but few people are traveling today.

This isn’t a problem, exactly, but I want expecting it, or I wouldn’t have allowed so much time for travel this morning.

I probably wouldn’t be flying from Montreal to the US now if I didn’t live there, given the respective vaccination rates and case numbers.

(no subject)

I am home, the travel itself was straightforward and boring, which is what I wanted, and I am going to spend three days at home with the cats, and then take another of the quick at-home covid tests, because it's prudent as well as responsible.