Today, I have a in-person meeting including the university president.
So I put on dress pants and work shoes for the first time since March 2020. I also tried to put on my watch, only to find its battery died sometime in the last two years.
It is not that I'd been naked or even teaching in sweatpants, but I have been wearing a dress shirt with nice jeans since March 2020, since all my teaching has been from my living room, via Zoom. Nor is it like I've been a recluse. Over the past period, especially since I have been vaccinated, I have done many of the things that I "normally" do: go to the gym, eat at restaurants, take public transport, ride in taxis, go to bars, and, of course, go to the post office. I have even stopped by campus several times to get some work done in my office and go pick up library books. My university has been "open" the entire lockdown, but its "openness" has been related to the fact that almost all classes have been online since March 2020, staff schedules were staggered, and almost nobody worked from campus.