3. What did you have planned this month that is now canceled? Will you reschedule?
Our May was booked solid. It’s the last month of club volleyball and along with two 3-day tournaments and a tournament at the University of Washington we normally don’t get to join. We’ve spent Mother’s Day in Oregon for the past couple of years due to volleyball and honestly I always look forward to that trip. It’s always beautiful in Oregon at this time and watching the girls play while bouncing back and forth between restaurants and hotel pools is a great way to spend a mini-vacation.
I’d be lying if I said busy volleyball months don’t take a toll. You start to miss those weekends where plans didn’t involve waking up at 6am to drive 45 minutes away and spend the days in a gym. In fact, this entire pandemic started just before our annual Spokane, WA tournament and part of me was thinking I wouldn’t mind if it was canceled just to save on cost, gas, and time. I regret that now. I think I caused the pandemic with that “careful what you wish for” wish. This pandemic has made me feel bad for any time I haven’t fully enjoyed the busy-ness of life that pulls me out of my house…which I know is unrealistic, but MAN I wish my May was busy again!
On the upside, I finally had time to pull out all of the carpet on our stairs that needs to be replaced. I cleaned out a room that was being used for storage. My sister helped me “redesign” some spaces in my house that were desperate for reorganization. Maile has painted two rooms for me and I’ve been slowly working through Pat’s pile of items to list on Ebay. This break from outside life is not something I would have enforced on my family, but I guess part of me is not mad that it’s happening.
The volleyball tournaments will not be rescheduled this year and while that’s a shame…my home improvement projects were never going to get scheduled, so I suppose some good has come of this whole operation. If I’m going to stay home all day every day, I might as well make it pretty!
Abby says
aHA! So YOU’re the one that tipped off the pandemic! Hopefully next May will be like the old days.
I get it, though. My youngest son was busy with various band competitions his last 3 years of high school. It was kind of a pain attending every weekend in the spring, but I find myself feeling sorry for the parents and kids who can’t do that this year.
John Holton says
Cute kitty! A foster?
Sometimes, Plan A falling through gives you a chance to focus on Plan B. I bet you wish you were in Oregon, though…
Patty says
I’ve reached the point where, as much as I want this to be over, I’m now, beyond, apprehensive as we wait for the new normal.
Sure, I have plenty of plans in the works…plans for reopening where I work…plans for activities at our club…plans just to venture out again….but, all have one common denominator….fear! That…is probably because I’ve skated through virus issues, so far. My concern is for all hell breaking loose when humanity is set free and runs out the door.
The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. <My thought, each and every day!