The Beginning of the End - If we had only known.

 February 14, 2020 - March 13, 2020

Writing this after the fact I once again realize how much we take for granted.  If we had only known what the future was going to look like I wonder what we would have done differently to start out this year.  The first thing is to try and remember to take at least one picture so we know where we were and when.  One gets so involved in the moment and you are sure you will remember the details.  Well, we don't remember the details, at least not anymore, if we were ever good at that.  That being said we did have some notes on the calendar so here goes.  We went to the Lodge for Valentine's Day Dinner.  I do remember that it was very nice as always.  Poor Jax did not get a clean bill of health at his last Vet appointment.  He is suffering from a dental problem.  He is reabsorbing his teeth.  He has already lost several and they want us to have the rest of them pulled.  He will still have the small ones, but it is something that has to be done.  So he went to the cat dentist on February 18 and back again for a follow-up on February 25.  We went to Tobys Dinner Theather on February 19 to see Kinky Boots.  What a fun production.  

On Friday, February 21 we did a road trip and had breakfast at the Silver Diner in Columbia, and later we joined Mary Cawley, Bob Lawson, Pat Robertson, and Betty Walker for crabs at the American Legion in Silver Spring. 

 

 On Tuesday, February 25, we did a road trip.  Ended up in Baltimore following a historical lead.  Found John Hanson.

 

March was filled with appointments.  I had a brain MRI scan on March 2, and Spine Thoracic scans on March 4.  Doctor visits with Dr. Kathleen Berger (neurologist) and Dr. Diggs (Primary).  Fortunately, there were no surprises and just future visits to keep an eye on things.

We went to Delaware Park with the Retired Members Club on March 10.  Mary Cawley joined us for its trip.  On Thursday Bruce and I went to Maryland Live.  He received a card telling him he was eligible for a free gift.  He chose a cute set of coffee cups.  Only had to stand in line with a hundred or so people to get them but I am glad we did.  This was the last open thing we did for a long time. 

Rumors of this Covid Viris were out but no one expected the impact it would have on our lives.  We were literally standing in line wondering what was going to happen.  Well basically for us the next day was day one of a long time of staying home and restricted movement of any kind.  The beginning of mask-wearing, social distancing, too many sanitizing chemicals, virtual Dr. appointments, no toilet paper, hand sanitizer, or disinfecting wipes.  Long lines to get into stores, temperature taking, and any number of other things.  The worst is no social life.  Everything was canceled.  Our water exercise, yoga, meetings, even small affairs with friends and family.  Silly us, we thought it would only last a little while.