Covid question #6: What has been your biggest loss/disappointment during all of this?
(I'm thinking specifically of events/trips/lost opportunities, not disappointed at people or society:))
We didn’t get to go on our WDW family reunion trip that had been in the works for 2+ years
We were set to go to DL the day they closed it down to celebrate my in-laws 50th wedding anniversary with the kids and grand kids.
We didn’t get to go to Prince Edward Island in Canada for my cousins wedding. Going to try for next year. My students did not get a graduation.
I lost my job that I love. My second child graduated and turned 18. They lost a lot which was difficult to see.
Honestly, I cried when our 20th anniversary trip was canceled. It wasn't anything super exciting or anything, but would have been the first time we went on a real vacation without the kids. I had been looking forward to it for a couple years and it just hurt to not go. Totally a first world problem, and we will still get to go in the future, but it was the straw that broke the camel's back for me.
I went completely out of my comfort zone and auditioned for a singing role in our churches musical revue. It's a production they put on every couple of years where you put on performances to songs from musicals. I participated two years ago, but not in a soloist part. I am not really a soloist, as you know. However, this year I tried out and got a part. Not a huge part, but a part. And, that got cancelled. That's probably what my biggest loss was; not being able to do that. Maybe I will have the chance again, but I really had to talk myself into trying out in the first place.
Our 10th anniversary trip to Chile
Austin missing the Bon Jovi concert he had waited years for was a big blow. The loss of years of work on his social anxiety is a way bigger deal, though. Possibly the biggest deal. After not being socialized outside of our immediate family really for months, just being around other people has become extremely challenging for him and something he often can’t handle even in small doses now. I can’t imagine how much worse it must be for more severely-affected autistic kids. My heart goes out to them and their families too. It will take a lot of time to get our gains back.
I didn't get to go to a week long retreat/training for special needs parents in April. II'm automatically given a spot for 2021, but I was really looking forward to connecting with other parents and participating in all the advocacy workshops.
My husband and I were going to hike in Hokkaido for our 25th anniversary.
My tennis team won and our sectionals tournament was cancelled. Our Disneyland trip with my parents was cancelled. Those were my biggest things I missed. And Taylor Swift concert cancelled.
Regular day & camping trips to the beach. Only our second year here. It's been a heartbreak.
We missed out on a good friends 50th birthday celebration trip to Austin, Maylee couldn’t get her ears pierced for her birthday and a couple of concerts.
Okay I'll bite. We had passports, airline tickets, car leased, apartment paid for, and logistics all ironed out for a 3 week vacation in Italy and the south of France followed by a 6-month stay in the Alsace region (June - December 2020). It was to be the experience of a lifetime doing all that with our kids before Cora left for college/mission. Alas.
Playing the 3rd Orchestral Suite by Bach on my harpsichord with my orchestra- the Parker Symphony Orchestra.
We had a whole 10 day Spring Break trip planned in California with a free place to stay at my niece’s near Laguna Beach. We also had tickets to Maui to a friend’s house. My biggest loss is for my high school junior who is missing nostalgic events like the Back-to-school dance, Friday night football games and bonding pep rallies.
We had to cancel my spring break trip to NYC to see Hamilton with Penny. She was heartbroken. We also cancelled our trip to Oregon for the summer. But never fear, we got an RV to be able to make it there this year anyway! And NYC is rescheduled for April, cross fingers. No Hamilton though.
I was in England with my husband and 4 boys on a family trip we had planned for a very long time when Covid hit Italy hard and the US started closing. We had to cancel the second Half of our trip (France) and they canceled the premier league game we had tickets to which was supposed to the the highlight of our trip (We are huge soccer fans). We had to come home early and then spent months in quarantine. My oldest was a senior at the time so the last part of his senior year and graduation was cancelled. Also our 20 year anniversary trip
Will have to happen another year. But through it all we have had some pretty awesome and some pretty rough together time. Like everyone I suspect. Though I was sad for my senior, I don’t think I would have had that much time with him before he left for college without quarantine.
Probably kids birthday parties. We promised them all friend parties this year, but sadly had to go back on that. The first one was in April, back when it seemed like things might normalize in a few weeks so said we were just doing a small thing, and would do more once things went back to normal. Like normal is a thing anymore.
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