Popular Post petitepedal ★ Posted February 28, 2021 Popular Post Share #1 Posted February 28, 2021 Our news was hot about the unknown new virus and there was all sorts of talk about what would happen next! Noon on March 11th I headed out to See @groupw and the Sandhill crane migration...via Sioux Falls, SD...I was on the road when the Crane Center closed Wednesday night...The cranes still migrated..but my mini vacation came with a sense of unease and a need to get home before they shut everything down. I returned home and attended a funeral..one of the last public/open ones to be held..I made a point of getting groceries and a couple of 15 pound dumbells to compensate for gym closings...just 13 days prior to my mini trip I had ponied up the $$$ to join LA Fitness...money that went to waste when 4 months later I ended my membership when the started charging me to keep my membership on hold! Work...well it got busier. For me..Covid changed my world on that vacation... And yet...the cranes still migrate. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 28, 2021 Share #2 Posted February 28, 2021 I actually don't remember the exact details of the day we were asked to work from home. Alot of the office employees had not been prepared by IT in advance. I think at least 1 day was wasted for me to figure out with IT since they were swamped with technical support calls. By then dearie, had left over 1 wk. before after my birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted March 1, 2021 Share #3 Posted March 1, 2021 I was traveling home from Aruba this night last year. Empty flight, and an empty BWI airport made us start second-guessing if we had made a mistake taking the trip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted March 1, 2021 Share #4 Posted March 1, 2021 Yeah I was escorting out CEO on a company retreat in Santa Barbara about this time last year. We were gearing up for a second company event in Mexico for early March when travel started getting shut down & the trip was cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted March 1, 2021 Share #5 Posted March 1, 2021 I was at work with all of my leadership team-- trying to figure out the impossible in that evening. We worked Sunday until midnight, went home and came back Monday at 7AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted March 1, 2021 Share #6 Posted March 1, 2021 In fact, our move to home, was mentioned in the local press a few days later... since we're a major employer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted March 1, 2021 Share #7 Posted March 1, 2021 I was suddenly work-from home. Shortly after, so was my wife. I had a wife. We had four cats. I had a very different life. I have no idea what my life will be like now. While some things haven't changed, it's as if my life is an Etch-A-Sketch that someone shook very hard. You can see the traces of old lines across the screen; but it's largely blank, except I'm a lot higher-mileage than I was when my life was last like this. When I was last like this, I was physically in great shape; I wasn't mature enough to understand my life. Now I'm mature enough, but a big physical piece of me is used up. And I trust persons...but I no longer trust humanity. And I miss Charles Schultz. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted March 1, 2021 Share #8 Posted March 1, 2021 March 11 was my last day with students face to face. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted March 1, 2021 Share #9 Posted March 1, 2021 We were driving to AZ to see the girls. We had a wonderful brunch 1 year ago with a cycling buddy who now lives near Santa Fe. After a week with our kids,and a great visit with @roadsueand family, things started getting more concerning, but we still felt ok with @petitepedal visiting the next weekend. It was great to host her. The day after she left, I stopped at Runza to grab a lunch to go. As luck would have it a good friend was getting her lunch and asked if I would join her. That was the last casual lunch with a friend to date. Things locked down a couple days later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 1, 2021 Share #10 Posted March 1, 2021 The only thing it changed for me was I wore a mask when I went for groceries or doctor appointments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted March 1, 2021 Share #11 Posted March 1, 2021 I forget when we started working from home, but I do recall going out for a St Patrick's Day dinner with my family to a nearby Irish pub. We've gone there for years, and it's always packed with happy sounds of people enjoying each other's company (and a good corned beef dinner). My Mom always described the restaurant as a happy buzz. But last year, although indoor dining was still allowed, the restaurant was pretty empty. No happy buzz, just that sort of awkward feeling when you're a guest at a bad party and you want to leave, but are afraid if you do, the host will be left with nobody there. Today I was just exchanging texts with my sisters to coordinate a day in March when we'll get takeout dinners from the restaurant and celebrate at my sister's house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted March 1, 2021 Share #12 Posted March 1, 2021 I remember my sister, before February 2020 was out, telling me that her cancer research unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital was gearing up do switch over, for the foreseeable future, to do major research about COVID and expecting something potentially major either in the Spring or, if it died down in warm weather like the flu, in the Fall. Of course, my house decided that it's old wiring needed to cause a fire on March 3, leaving me scrambling for food, clothes, etc. at a bad time to look for them. I was told "9 months to a year" estimate to rebuild the house the night of the fire and thought it would be shorter. It's later: my contractor's expecting I'll be back in the house April or May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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