A New Normal
Only six weeks ago my husband and I had just gotten back from seeing our first
grandson from Hawaii. A beautiful baby boy that is now growing like a weed and
can actually hold up his head. So proud of him and all you grandparents know how
I feel. Before going to Hawaii we already were hearing about what was going on
with the corona virus and was wondering if we should go. The USA has not given
any rules on travel or stay home orders and we were planning this trip for a long-
time. Then I also wonder if my husband should go because he had this awful cold
that has lasted for several weeks. He said he is going and nothing is going to stop
him from seeing his daughter or new grandson. Well once we got to Hawaii our
daughter wouldn’t let us get close to her no less to her son because the baby
was in the emergency care unit for complications. The baby was having a hard
time for the first three days but seemed to be getting better through great care
at the hospital and lots of prayers. My daughter and baby were going to be in the
hospital for sometime so we went on our way to try to enjoy our vacation. Not
expecting to buy a hotel room in Oahu we stayed there for three days but finally
got to Hawaii the Big Island to finish up our vacation staying in a small cottage by the
ocean. It was a beautiful place with breath taking sky's, ocean and gorgeous waterfalls.
We stayed there for three days when I caught my husband's cold. It was
a regular cold at first but started to get real bad towards the end right before our
flight home. While we were at the airport a nice lady came up to us and asked if
we would like to have these masks to wear. I said thank you and took them to
protect everyone on the plane from our cough,and we were doing a lot of coughing
felt like going around the plane telling people I don’t have the corona virus,
I have a cold so they wouldn’t worry. Believe me, we weren’t the only ones
coughing.
I got home and all I could think about is I needed to get back to work but had tograndson from Hawaii. A beautiful baby boy that is now growing like a weed and
can actually hold up his head. So proud of him and all you grandparents know how
I feel. Before going to Hawaii we already were hearing about what was going on
with the corona virus and was wondering if we should go. The USA has not given
any rules on travel or stay home orders and we were planning this trip for a long-
time. Then I also wonder if my husband should go because he had this awful cold
that has lasted for several weeks. He said he is going and nothing is going to stop
him from seeing his daughter or new grandson. Well once we got to Hawaii our
daughter wouldn’t let us get close to her no less to her son because the baby
was in the emergency care unit for complications. The baby was having a hard
time for the first three days but seemed to be getting better through great care
at the hospital and lots of prayers. My daughter and baby were going to be in the
hospital for sometime so we went on our way to try to enjoy our vacation. Not
expecting to buy a hotel room in Oahu we stayed there for three days but finally
got to Hawaii the Big Island to finish up our vacation staying in a small cottage by the
ocean. It was a beautiful place with breath taking sky's, ocean and gorgeous waterfalls.
We stayed there for three days when I caught my husband's cold. It was
a regular cold at first but started to get real bad towards the end right before our
flight home. While we were at the airport a nice lady came up to us and asked if
we would like to have these masks to wear. I said thank you and took them to
protect everyone on the plane from our cough,and we were doing a lot of coughing
felt like going around the plane telling people I don’t have the corona virus,
I have a cold so they wouldn’t worry. Believe me, we weren’t the only ones
coughing.
cancel the last two days of that week. At this point the State of New Mexico had
canceled school for a month (this was March 13th) then the state had stay home
orders. Well what am I going to do now. Online training with my clients is the
only way to help them so I wouldn’t get them sick, and that we kept the social
distance. It wasn’t easy but everyone got on board, even my 60’s and 70 year
old. I had to probe them and teach them but within a couple of days they adapted
because they wanted to. I haven't been to the store in more than a month, I do line-dancing
on-line and eat at home three meals a day and do alot of walking and gardening. My
friend are on line and the only real people I see are on the street when I walk 10 feet away if
can help it. I count my blessing because everyone in my family are healthy including
that sweet baby Liam in Hawaii. Even though our track team is on hold I still have my
Personal Training when millions of people are out of work. Thanks for being here and stay
safe.
Coach Lucille
