tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730869259900917297.post701531091481375188..comments2023-10-22T09:01:46.580-05:00Comments on From L.A. to LA: BrokenShoshanahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15707241263291051104noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730869259900917297.post-40657738175075489222020-05-22T09:01:52.241-05:002020-05-22T09:01:52.241-05:00I like how you tied your broken engagement ring to...I like how you tied your broken engagement ring to our broken world. I know that both will get fixed eventually but it feels so unreal still.<br /><br />I remember when they announced schools would be closed for three weeks and it felt like an eternity. This past Tuesday they just announced we won't be going back until September...<br /><br />I really hope that next Spring will be much closer to our old "normal" so that we can make all the memories we would have made this spring -- watching kids play their sports and play with the friends and celebrate their birthdays all together again.Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16350800415772519653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730869259900917297.post-34055157140823369662020-05-18T09:29:29.676-05:002020-05-18T09:29:29.676-05:00This is a beautiful post, the way you tie together...This is a beautiful post, the way you tie together your ring with life, and share the before/after of this world. <br /><br />A week before our anniversary weekend (March 22), I was calling Biltmore to make reservations for a wine tour. A day or two later, Dan and I started adapting our plans to be safe. A few days after that, Biltmore called me to cancel our reservations and let me know that the entire estate was closing. <br /><br />The change really did happen so fast. <br /><br />Dan and I are blessed in many ways to survive this lockdown more easily than others. But I'm also immunocompromised, so I have to be more cautious about returning to any sort of social activity. I haven't set foot in a grocery store since the day before our anniversary. I've only been to outdoor locations since then, save one visit to the liquor store. ;) Dan has taken over all shopping. I never thought I would miss getting groceries, but after 2 months, I do!Britahttp://bellebrita.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730869259900917297.post-88103104991764106452020-05-17T16:50:17.705-05:002020-05-17T16:50:17.705-05:00This is a really weird time and it’s hard to imagi...This is a really weird time and it’s hard to imagine life getting back to normal. Things haven’t been quite as bad here as we don’t get as many visitors as other areas. But obv Minnesotans were traveling elsewhere and bringing COVID back with them. But our total cases are around 15,000. We are still on an uptick but we will start to gradually reopen this week. It won’t change things much for us, though. We will be working from home for the foreseeable future and won’t be visiting my parents or seeing many people. We did do a play date with 2 families from daycare this weekend, though. We figure our kids are all exposed to the same stuff. It was so nice to have social plans. The adults had coffee and social distanced and the kids had a blast. I think we will continue to do that each weekend this summer. <br /><br />Hope you can get your ring fixed soon!! I have stopped wearing mine since I rarely leave the house. I just wear my wedding band (I always took my engagement ring off at night and back on in the morning). Phil asked if I was ever going to wear it again so I think it bothers him a bit but it seems unnecessary to wear it when I don’t see anyone these days!!Lisa from Lisa's Yarnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05335500882510597919noreply@blogger.com