Every
Sunday evening or Monday morning, I e-mail my daughter to let her know my
schedule for the week, and she e-mails me hers. (This started after my husband died
four years ago. He talked to her almost every day, and since her library
schedule changes every week, he was the one who knew when she was working and
what day she was off. I’m not a talk-on-the-phone-every-day person, so e-mails
became our touchstone.)
This week,
my schedule is blank. I have my usual free-lance work, but I do that at home
normally, so no change there. But since last Friday, 12 events from then
through the next three weeks have been postponed (TBD) or canceled. Some of
these we may be able to reconstruct online. And some other events still in my
datebook will probably also disappear. We’ll see.
On the
upside, I’m using the phone more. When e-mail arrived, it replaced my hour-long
chats with friends, and texts have often replaced e-mail. When this is all
over, we may have an orgy of F2F celebrations.
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participating in the 13th annual Slice of Life Challenge over at Two
Writing Teachers. This is day 16 of the 31-day
challenge. It’s not too late to make space for daily writing in a
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Hey, It's a weird new normal isn't it? I love the idea of the celebration of returning to face to face - I had to think about your acronym for a bit. Haha.
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DeleteI am not a talk on the phone person either. I am looking forward to the face to face gathering again. I'm okay not having them now, but 3 weeks from now I'll be ready for sure!
ReplyDeleteFace to face. Celebration. Looking forward to both!
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