Last trip before the Pandemic...

Before the pandemic hit and all hell broke loose, I took my usual spring break trip to Boston. I left on March 6, after spending a few days in KC watching Emma and returned on March 10 (spring break week at K-State). At that time we were starting to hear about COVID and COVID cases in the US.

I had noticed flying out there that the planes weren't very full. CDC hadn't quite decided if masks were necessary and no one really knew or could even predict how COVID was going to change the whole world.

Regardless, I had a wonderful visit in Boston. So maybe the best way to "document" this trip is to capture FB Posts:

And then this happened! So proud of this girl!!

On the way home, I realized that COVID was going to have a big impact on our lives. My flights had so many empty seats, so much so that we could have an entire row to ourselves!! The airports were much less busier. I was only in the office for less than one week. During that week we watched major univeristies shut down one after another, extending spring breaks and then in the end go to remote and online classes. We thought we would be home for only a few weeks, instead we were working from home for over a year!!

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