Just got off of my weekly call with Mom. Dad is still in a rehab center but should be coming home soon. I have some time off in mid-July and was thinking about flying down to Virginia to see them. My brother can go with me. But I didn’t tell her that because plans were not finalized.
When they are, I would, as usual, tell them we are coming down. But then I thought, why not just show up? Knock on the door and here we are.
That would be great fun. But now I am thinking about it in a COVID world.
As great a surprise as that would be,I’d advise against it. First, you really should quarantine for a couple of weeks once you arrive, and second, as thrilled as they’d be to see you, I’m sure they’d rather be prepared: food in the house, schedule cleared of doctor’s appointments, etc.
And think of the pleasant anticipation of knowing you and your brother were coming! It’d be something to look forward to, which is pretty sweet in itself.
So kind of you to want to give them a happy surprise, though.
Well, food in the house is not a problem. Every time we go there, no one cooks. The first day, we will get the best steak and cheese sandwich I have ever had, at Sal’s. And the next day we will go to Hank’s Drive-In for burgers. It is literally that, a dining room that seats about six people, no one ever sits there, we all just wait in our cars for our food to be brought out to us. Quarter pound burgers that Hank brings in fresh every day. And a few more, but I am boring you.
I have been quarantine, for four months working frome home, so has Mom. Not working, she is retired, but staying at home. And following the rules, wearing a mask, as are all of her friends and church-goers are doing.