The First Week (March 16-22): Lobster & Croquet
Monday, March 16-Tuesday, March 17
Monday and Tuesday this week felt relatively normal, since Mr. E and I could keep to our usual workout routines with regular trips to and classes at the Capital Athletic Club. However, on Tuesday afternoon, we received a notice from the CAC that the club would be closed beginning the next day and through April 1st. My yoga class had been cancelled because the instructor was sick, so I decided to do a second swim workout that evening, knowing that I wouldn't have access to a pool again for at least two weeks. Unfortunately, this was also the day we learned that the Top of Waikiki was closing temporarily, which was the final deciding factor for us to cancel the Honolulu trip completely.
Wednesday, March 18
I spent the morning making the necessary cancellations with Southwest, the Cat Cafe, and HI5 tours. Mr. E took care of the hotel and the scuba. I was very sad and disappointed but made it through the work day and then had my first virtual Happy Hour that evening with EH, which was actually quite lovely. Several local restaurants were starting to close completely due to the ban on dining in, but quite a few others were remaining open and adapting to a take-out/pick-up/delivery business model. Mr. E had made an offhand comment about having lobster dinner for my birthday since we wouldn't be in Waikiki, so I found Maine Lobster Now online and ordered the Twin Lobster Dinner for Two package for the next day. Lobsters from Maine to California in under 24 hours!!!
Thursday, March 19
Since we had both planned to take vacation for my birthday, we took our time in the morning and headed to the R Street Starbucks for breakfast since I got a free item for my birthday. The FedEx truck with the lobster arrived right before we went out, which was very good timing! Then we worked for the rest of the day and got started on our dinner plans in the late afternoon. We had invited E & C to join us for lobster dinner since the packaged included four lobsters total, and then I had set up a Zoom meeting for a virtual birthday party with a handful of friends and family. We managed to play a few rounds of virtual scattergories, and being able to spend time with E & C in person made the evening quite lovely, despite my disappointment about missing out on our Hawai'i activities.
Friday, March 20-Sunday, March 22
Friday was a pretty typical work day, and the weekend felt a bit odd since we didn't have anything planned as we had expected to be in Honolulu. We did have a Zoom chat with my family on Sunday morning and broke out the croquet set on Sunday evening to play a few matches in the park across the street.
At this point, every event and gathering through the end of April and even into early May has been cancelled:
Monday and Tuesday this week felt relatively normal, since Mr. E and I could keep to our usual workout routines with regular trips to and classes at the Capital Athletic Club. However, on Tuesday afternoon, we received a notice from the CAC that the club would be closed beginning the next day and through April 1st. My yoga class had been cancelled because the instructor was sick, so I decided to do a second swim workout that evening, knowing that I wouldn't have access to a pool again for at least two weeks. Unfortunately, this was also the day we learned that the Top of Waikiki was closing temporarily, which was the final deciding factor for us to cancel the Honolulu trip completely.
Wednesday, March 18
I spent the morning making the necessary cancellations with Southwest, the Cat Cafe, and HI5 tours. Mr. E took care of the hotel and the scuba. I was very sad and disappointed but made it through the work day and then had my first virtual Happy Hour that evening with EH, which was actually quite lovely. Several local restaurants were starting to close completely due to the ban on dining in, but quite a few others were remaining open and adapting to a take-out/pick-up/delivery business model. Mr. E had made an offhand comment about having lobster dinner for my birthday since we wouldn't be in Waikiki, so I found Maine Lobster Now online and ordered the Twin Lobster Dinner for Two package for the next day. Lobsters from Maine to California in under 24 hours!!!
Thursday, March 19
Since we had both planned to take vacation for my birthday, we took our time in the morning and headed to the R Street Starbucks for breakfast since I got a free item for my birthday. The FedEx truck with the lobster arrived right before we went out, which was very good timing! Then we worked for the rest of the day and got started on our dinner plans in the late afternoon. We had invited E & C to join us for lobster dinner since the packaged included four lobsters total, and then I had set up a Zoom meeting for a virtual birthday party with a handful of friends and family. We managed to play a few rounds of virtual scattergories, and being able to spend time with E & C in person made the evening quite lovely, despite my disappointment about missing out on our Hawai'i activities.
Friday was a pretty typical work day, and the weekend felt a bit odd since we didn't have anything planned as we had expected to be in Honolulu. We did have a Zoom chat with my family on Sunday morning and broke out the croquet set on Sunday evening to play a few matches in the park across the street.
At this point, every event and gathering through the end of April and even into early May has been cancelled:
- Sacramento Ballet on March 27th
- Book Club on March 28th
- Massage on March 30th
- Michelle Obama on April 1st
- Austin trip April 2nd-5th
- Cheetah Fest in Austin on April 4th
- The Illusionists at Harris Center on April 11th
- Holes in the Wall concert at Crocker Museum on April 12th
- Yoga in the Ballroom at Crocker Museum on April 19th
- SSPCA Doggy Dash on April 25th (rescheduled to June 27th)
- Raku Glass class at Crocker Museum on April 26th
- Ballet Social at CAC on May 1st
- Ballet Gala on May 2nd (rescheduled to August 22nd)
- Aji Dori on March 16th (now closed temporarily)
- Fish Face on March 18th
- Starbucks (now closed temporarily because no drive-through) and Mendocino Farms on March 19th
- Fox & Goose on March 20th
- Mendocino Farms, Panda Express, and Fox & Goose on March 21st
- Cafe Bernardo on March 22nd
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