I feel like there should be sitcoms devoted to the comical ways life has changed since this pandemic. Like the fact that I received this in the mail yesterday:
It's from a Jehovah Witness who, due to social distancing, was unable to come to my door. Now their only path to converting all of us heathens is to hand write really long letters. I was so tickled by this little piece of mail that I almost didn't have the heart to throw it away. (Almost. I ended up throwing it in the fireplace. I do appreciate this lovely woman's effort, though).
But nothing beats trying to plan a vacation during a pandemic. Last year, my extended family (Mom, Dad, sister, brother in-law, nieces, etc.) and I booked a summer cruise to Alaska for my grandpa's 90th birthday, which falls on July 13, 2020. At the end of May, our cruise was cancelled. We were disappointed, but we moved on. We found a resort on the island of Kauai that was still welcoming tourists. We booked the resort and all our flights. In some ways, the new vacation sounded more fun than the original.
Then in June, Hawaii brought down the hammer. They decided that anyone flying into their islands would be required to be quarantined for fourteen days. Not a possibility for us, considering we were staying for only a week.
After that, Clint found an amazing deal for an all-inclusive resort in Jamaica. Jamaica has no travel restrictions or quarantine requirements--they're pretty much welcoming tourists with open arms. Clint and I went ahead and booked it. My mom and my niece were super excited, viewing this vacation as even better than the first two! The one caveat was my sister would now need to get passports for her kids super fast since we were only a month out from our vacation. No big deal; the passport agency is willing to expedite passports for an extra fee.
Oh wait. No they're not. Not during a pandemic. Apparently a worldwide virus required them to downsize their staff and they no longer have enough employees to expedite passports.
So we waved goodbye to our Jamaican dream. After that, the conversations regarding "Where should we go for vacation" reached ludicrous levels, with a lot of manic-type crying and kicking and screaming (along with some hair pulling) over the subject. Some ideas originally open for discussion due to the public reopening were quickly disregarded due to these same areas going down into lockdown again, or due to safety concerns with the recent looting/rioting (because, you know, a pandemic isn't enough. Let's throw social upheaval into the mix as well).
So what's the verdict? What did we decide to replace our beautiful Alaskan/Hawaiian/Jamaican trip with? Are you ready to be awed by the glamor of my upcoming vacation?
We're RV camping at a KOA about 2 hours from my house.
*sighs*
Yep. Most of life's 'new normals' are inherently unfunny, but there is some humor in all of this if you look hard enough. Like, really hard. Really really har--yeah, okay. I hate this sh*% too.
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We had a family reunion canceled, and I was so relieved not to have to spend time with a bunch of people I don’t like and don’t know, and there you guys are fighting to spend time together. On the plus side, there’s still a celebration! :D But honestly, I hate camping, so that truly sounds awful. Plus, it’s so frustrating and stressful, and a letdown, especially when you started with Alaska/Hawaii/Jamaica.
ReplyDeleteThe JWs here are still sneaking pamphlets under windshields. I’m pretty sure I prefer that to having one mailed to me. I did read some of it though.
I was impressed that this particular Jehovah Witness took the time to write out such a long letter. I know she's using the same exact narrative on every letter she sends, but to HAND WRITE each one? It seems like just ten of them would take her an hour. So I decided to honor her hard work by reading the entire thing--before throwing it in the fire place. ;)
DeleteLuckily I enjoy camping, but yeah, its a far cry from the original amazing (and more relaxing) vacations we had planned. Congrats on your family reunion being canceled! 😂
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