Yeah, right.
So, for those of you who don't know, my primary job is covering sports - high school and college, mainly. Right now, there's nothing happening. People keep asking me what I'm going to do with my time. Well, I have plenty of things to do.
I have several TV series I haven't watched yet, so I could spend time doing that. I have a whole bunch of books on my shelves I haven't read yet, so I could do that. I've got cross-stitch projects that I could do. I've got letters I could write, emails I could compose, the church Christmas program to write. I could always clean my apartment.
At work, we're trying to keep up with the daily coronavirus developments or corona chaos, as I'm calling it. Because we're weekly papers, trying to provide the most up-to-date, accurate information we can is more of a challenge. I'm hoping we're not all coronavirus all the time - that would get old very quickly.
As I've thought about how the social/sports/school landscape looks now, my heart hurts for the seniors. These kids (both high school and college) are watching their senior year trickle away. So many of the senior year events have been postponed or cancelled. Local musicals are postponed. Classes are individual - no interaction with your classmates and friends. Spring sports have been pushed back and may not even happen. Actually, at the college level, they aren't happening. The NCAA and NAIA have cancelled the spring seasons - no track, no baseball, no softball, no golf.
I can only imagine how disappointed those athletes are. I know how I felt when I didn't get to play in the final game of my high school basketball "career." I wasn't a great player, but I thought the coach would let all of the seniors play at least a few seconds. Nope. But to not even have the season ...
Anyway, I'll try to be a little more consistent posting. I'll let you know how I'm spending my "free" time. Stay safe and healthy, everyone.
Good to read your thoughts. Justine and Emily are now doing school at home through there Chromebooks. Justine's teacher is allowing her class to chat with each other in Google classroom later in the afternoon. The teachers are awesome in being available to help the students all through the school day. Justine is in chorus and I learned yesterday that they have cancelled Aladdin which she would have been performing in next month.
ReplyDeleteShe did not have a large role in the musical but it was a good experience for her and it's sad that all the special things the fifth graders do at Tigerville Elementary they will not get to experience. Emily is very happy to be at home for schooling and she was not happy with the public high school setting. So here I am "homeschooling" which I said I would never do again.
Stay safe!
This whole situation is almost surreal. Wyoming cancelled the State Basketball Tournament after the first day. State Speech was also cancelled. I'd have been heartbroken if the Music Festival my senior year had been cancelled.
ReplyDeleteOn a lighter note, my kids are wondering why they have to do school while everyone else has an extended spring break. I keep telling them that will probably change in April but I don't think they believe me.
Hardest part about this so far has been the lack of interaction with other human beings. When you're a hugger/handshaker like me, not being able to shake a hand, give a high-five or offer a hug is tougher than the lack of work or the change in what we're covering. My business centers around people...not having them around is gonna be tough.
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