Feeling much better today. Still not a ball of fire but am eating, keeping it down, not running to the bathroom, and I have been remaining upright and not sleeping all day. I’ll take that as progress.
I’m so bummed we had to cancel the public ceremony for our wedding and the reception in Strong City. All that planning down the tube. We are going to talk to the preacher Monday and find a time during the week that she can marry us. We will have to find a couple to witness the ceremony for us. Jim has several friends that will be happy to do so. Just wish my kids could be there but that isn’t going to happen. The preacher told us she could do another ceremony later after this madness is done and I will reschedule the reception in Strong City later too. Sometimes you have to deal the hand you have been given.
Both of us still feel we made the right decision. If the majority of people would self-isolate the spread of the virus would greatly slow down. I’m amazed how many are proceeding as if nothing is going on or think it is just a cold. I don’t think we need to panic but some good common sense would go a long way to stopping the spread. After hearing the condition of the airports this weekend I am grateful Jim’s sons won’t be flying next weekend and standing in long lines with infected people.
Both Jim and I are in the higher risk group due to our age but we are both relatively healthy and would probably be OK. We are self-isolating to hep protect those that are autoimmune deficient or medically challenged. Neither of us will leave the house except for essential trips to the grocery store or pharmacy. We will go meet the preacher to get married later this week! But that will be a group of five people.
I contacted all our vendors to cancel our plans. Everyone was understanding and willing to work with me. The florist and cake baker won’t give me a refund but will delay delivery until a later date. The photographer didn’t have a deposit and said I didn’t owe her anything when I offered to pay. She just asked me to contact her when we reschedule.
I’ll have to figure out what to do with the mints in the freezer. I don’t think they will last several months without picking up a funky taste. I’ll probably end up throwing them out and making fresh ones when we have a new date.
The freezer is full of brunch frozen stuff. Guess we will start eating on it during our isolation time. Not sure it will stay good for six months or so.
I cancelled all the hotel rooms and am to get all my money back within seven days.
I spent some time this morning notifying everyone that was invited to the reception that it has been cancelled. Jim did the same with people he invited to the wedding.
We are going to the court house Monday to get the marriage license in case they decide to close the court house to walk-in traffic.
There are so many that are in much worse situations than we are in. I feel bad for all those that have lost income due to businesses closing and jobs shuttered temporarily. If the US follows like Italy we haven’t even began to see the worst of it yet. It will take everyone doing there part to slow the spread. Cancelling a public wedding and reception is small potatoes compared to what some will suffer.
Times like this it is important to check in with our friends and neighbors. Especially those at high risk and offer trips to the store for them, etc. A phone call can brighten a shut-in persons day.
Grateful for vendors that are flexible and understanding, grateful I am feeling better and on my road to recovery, and grateful for our preacher and her willingness to flex with us.