So, on March 12, 2020 I realized the importance of documenting what we are all going through. The constant change that we have faced since then has sent my head spinning. I am JUST now able to sit down and I’ll try to remember back to the first day that COVID-19 hit home.
Sunday March 8 was a great day! Life was normal as we knew it. I was up north with Olivia for her first club volleyball tournament. She had worked so hard and was so excited to play!!! My husband took Sam to baseball evaluations. This little 8 year old boy was over the moon excited to play baseball for the very first time!! Life was great! My work schedule was full, we had made our plans for our Spring home projects and planned our Spring break getaway. We had purchased tickets for Olivia to attend her very first concert, Billie Eilish and she was counting down the days to March 25. We were busy preparing for the upcoming week full of practices and work.
Monday March 9 at 9:30 am, I received a text message from Sams tutor stating that she was suspending tutoring until COVID-19 was under control. It hit home!! My son needed his tutor what was going on? Later that morning Avon School Corporation announced they were closing due to their first positive case of COVID-19. I immediately reached out to my old boss who is an RN and her husband is a chemist, to see what their thoughts were on all of this. I text my husband and told him to buy toilet paper, he thought I was crazy, I said no, I am serious its all going to be gone in a few days. My former boss had posted on Sunday that a Kroger in Carmel had sold out!!! This seemed to be the beginning of the fast downward spiral.
Tuesday March 10 was a normal day. I had a full day of clients, Isabella had her taekwondo class and the kids had school.
Wednesday March 11, another normal day in the Van Hook’s world. I met with my trainer at the gym, I had been working so incredibly had with her and absolutely LOVED going, little did I know that this day would be my last day with her for a while. The kids had a normal day at school and my husband at work. Later that night I took my niece home and stayed a bit to talk to my brother and sister in law. My brother told me how they had announced that no spectators could be at the upcoming NCAA tournament and how that was going to have such a huge impact on the economy, little did we know what was to follow. When I got home we were planning to take Isabella to get new shoes and pants for her very first band competition on Friday, she was so excited to this!! While I was at my brothers house, my husband text me that the ISSMA had cancelled the competition. Later that night the President addressed the nation that this is a global pandemic!
Thursday March 12, this was the day that life as we know it came to a screeching halt! It started out a normal day. I had a full day of clients, Jason was at work and the kids were at school. Isabella had drama club after school, she was so excited to have a part in the Spring play! Jason picked up Isabella, then it was the rush of feeding the kids taking Olivia to volleyball and Isabella to taekwondo while I was with evening clients. My clients were talking about COVID-19 a little but our community still seemed business as usual. Then it all changed, at 7 pm that evening our superintendent sent out a message that effective March 16, the schools would be closed until April 13, 2020 when they were scheduled to return from spring break. All school activities and sports would also be cancelled.
I am going to close here, my kids need to finish their school work. I will write about the events of the last 7 days soon.
Praying,
Angie
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