A year ago I got some cash at the ATM when my brothers came to visit from out of town. I prefer to use cash at restaurants. I have had information stolen using credit cards at restaurants on more than one occasion and I just don't do it unless I have to. So, a year ago I got more cash than I usually carry. I used some of it while the boys were here. (Isn't is grand to call 60 somethings the boys?)
But, in the months following their visit, the world shut down. I picked up drive through at McDonalds once and paid cash. I contributed to a couple of things. I have hidden some of the money so that I am not carrying it around. I hope that I remember where I put it. But, in the past year I have used credit cards for everything.
When I start eating out again or paying for admissions to places I expect that I will start to use cash again. That will happen someday. But, I find it very convenient to pull out the plastic to pay for things. I have come to think of money as dirty or germy. I suspect I will always carry hand sanitizer as life goes forward.
Money, cash, dollars and cents, another thing the pandemic has caused me to pause.