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In reply to the discussion: Who can remember where you were and what you did one year ago today? [View all]Retrograde
(10,162 posts)31. Having surgery
The Bay Area didn't shut down until that weekend, but some places were already getting cautious and cancelling or cutting back on group activities. Even though I was home that evening and recovered quickly, I feel like I got an extra week of isolation.
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Who can remember where you were and what you did one year ago today? [View all]
kimbutgar
Mar 2021
OP
I was in an hotel checking people in from Ca and Wa, in a very small unventilated room.
LizBeth
Mar 2021
#2
The hotel we stayed at in Disneyland when we checked out on the 14th had very glum looking
kimbutgar
Mar 2021
#7
Earlier we had started taking precautions disinfecting pens, wiping down counters and puters,
LizBeth
Mar 2021
#9
I wrote the number "1" on my calendar marking the first day of personal lock down.
Binkie The Clown
Mar 2021
#10
A year ago this week - rode the LA Marathon course at 4AM with 1000 other people.
tinrobot
Mar 2021
#18
I was teaching school. We watch CNN Student News so we had been watching the growing concerns
demtenjeep
Mar 2021
#19
I was in the AmEx Centurion Lounge at LAX on my way back from Thailand.
Dial H For Hero
Mar 2021
#24
You're lucky you didn't get stuck on that boat like the people on the Grand princess
kimbutgar
Mar 2021
#36
I was at my shop, co-owned with my spouse, scared and trying to make very difficult decisions
Cal Carpenter
Mar 2021
#33
I know. Back then I never would have thought we'd make it a year this way
Cal Carpenter
Mar 2021
#41
The night Disneyland closed we went to a store to buy some sparkling water for the drive back
kimbutgar
Mar 2021
#37
Home, painfully rehabbing from a total knee replacement, trying to talk hubby into stocking up...
Hekate
Mar 2021
#57
I had already started isolating, wearing masks, and stocking up on supplies, because
Sogo
Mar 2021
#60
My brother was in town on a layover and we were wondering if it was safe enough to go out to
smirkymonkey
Mar 2021
#63
I was at home, where we'd been for more than a week. Everything in the Seattle area
pnwmom
Mar 2021
#66
Last year yesterday, I was planning the rest of the next three weeks with my colleagues.
aocommunalpunch
Mar 2021
#82