Every week things are slowly opening up again. This spring feels like a complete renewal, especially after the year we have all had.
This morning I saw my mother in person at the care facility she lives at. In a year, I only saw her once during the summer at an outdoor visit. The activities department set up numerous FaceTime visits over the year, and all of her care plan meetings were done over speakerphone. Even after things are back to “normal,” I will continue with the telephone care plan meetings; it’s so much more efficient with no chit-chat. I can also continue to work in the production kitchen during the meeting. Win, win!
I had my temperature taken and had to answer a few questions, then went through a side door. My mother was waiting for me along with a really nice girl from the activities department. Our visit was limited to only 20 minutes, which honestly was enough time for her and me. We had to stay 6 feet apart. She didn’t have on a mask which was good, so I could figure out what she was saying. She started getting sleepy before the visit was over.
I went into the visit with zero expectations, a lesson I’ve made myself learn over the last year with everything. In the past, I’ve given a lot of myself to people, only to be disappointed and or hurt.
My mother was the same as a year ago. I stayed positive and cheery, avoiding any drama during the visit. I kept the conversation light and didn’t fall back into any of my past habit traps. It was a God-sent having the activities girl with us the whole time. When the time was up, I was permitted to hug her since she had both of her vaccines. I left her with two boxes of marshmallow peeps, her favorite Easter candy, and took off.
Walking back to my vehicle, I had no emotion one way or another, strangely enough. That was fine with me since I was on my way to belly dance with Kathleen. The gym that we rent our dance space at reopened for live classes today. How wonderful! Our classes will resume on April 28th, the two-week mark after my second vaccine; zoom will continue for students who cannot attend class. Yip!
We have discussed class formats, drop-in pricing, class times, and how to move forward for the last couple of weeks. Our classes will resume with our core students for a while; then, we can figure out down the road when we will reopen our classes to the public—one step at a time. In the meantime, I am excited to go back to teaching & dancing without a mask. I’ve missed my students and dancing with them tremendously.
As things are opening, my once boring-ass long days and nights are becoming jam-packed. Business is busy, and I am back at my Saturday farmers market in Saratoga, NY. I am still trying to work out at least 5 times a week. My workouts feel rushed now because I am squeezing them in. Once I add in Wednesday night dance classes, things will be crazy busy.
I’ve been super busy before the pandemic juggling my time; adding working out and writing will be new to the mix. I am laughing to myself, thinking about how many hours I was on my phone or watching tv, looking at stupid shit for hours, miserable…waiting and waiting for life to resume. Managing all of my activities plus working, cooking, and cleaning is such a wonderful and beautiful thing! Yay! 💐
You betcha! Yay is so right!