It's been a busy year, between dealing with my parents being in crisis almost every month, dealing with COVID like everyone else, & recently dealing with remodeling.
I rarely ever move things around, I'm not one of those people who changes their room every month. Usually a change only occurs if a major life event happens. I don't move things around for the fun of it, but rather for a purpose.
With me now working from home full time (I used to travel at least 1-2 weeks every month, and would leave the house for in-person sessions at my clients' houses) doing phone sessions, skype sessions, and recording audios, I needed to change the setup to be more in sync with all this massive shift in my life.
So I've been in the process of making things quite a bit cozier for me sitting at a desk most of the day. Hence the reason you will see a lot of items like curtain rods, curtains, and computer mats on my wishlist.
I also wanted to thank everyone who has sent me a birthday gift this year. September is my birthday month and I celebrate for the entire month! It's not too late in case you want to get me a gift but haven't had the time to do so. My wishlist: https://bit.ly/2IMBm2f
For the next couple years I will probably be primarily working from home in order to stay safe from the coronavirus. This is the first year that my focus has not been on "in-person" sessions, which has always been my "first love". That doesn't mean that I don't love phone, CAM, live streams, or creating content. I've definitely had some phone sessions that were just so incredibly phenomenal that I was just bursting with endorphins for days to come. But it certainly has been a big shift for me.
Now if you are in one of the cities that I had booked a trip for but had to reschedule, please don't panic. I am planning on rescheduling those trips & for the future I still plan to visit DC at least twice a year.
The reason I have not rescheduled those trips is because I don't have good answers to the following questions:
- what happens if I were to get the coronavirus while in DC? It would suck to have to get medical care out of state & my plan only does "emergency care" while traveling. Could I even get a COVID test to confirm if I really have it?
- What happens if one of my clients has mild symptoms but since they are "mild" doesn't think it could be COVID and shows up for their session, either because they are assuming they are fine and that they are well enough to see me, or because they don't want to lose their deposit?
- Cancelling deposits because of COVID symptoms is not real great either. Here in Seattle, when I've done a few sessions each month, I've had a ton of cancellations all claiming to have COVID symptoms. I do think some of them were legit, but others I do not. In Seattle, it hasn't been that big of a deal (other than deterring me from returning to in-person sessions due to the high cancellation rate) but if I'm traveling, then I am depending on that money, so giving people back their money on a trip, is not really an option.
- What happens if a day or two into the trip I start to have symptoms but don't know if it's COVID or a sinus infection, my allergies, or my chronic illness. For example, these symptoms are symptoms I've had almost every single month this year, and I was tested each time and it was not COVID but rather other health problems that are not contagious (ie-allergies, etc):
Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. People with these symptoms may have COVID-19:
I've had these symptoms monthly and they always stress me out horribly when I'm about to see someone (my family for example) as I worry they might be coronavirus since they are symptoms of coronavirus as well. Hence the reason I've gone and gotten tested 6 times already this year for COVID, but each time the tests have come back negative that I don't have it (yay!).
If anyone can help me come up with GOOD answers/solutions to these problems/concerns, I'd start by rescheduling my trip to DC asap.
