It Officially Begins

Well my last day at work was on Tuesday. Even though it is temporary, it was still sad. I have been there for about 3 years. I am not sure if when this is over I will be going back to Northgate. Before all of this started I was offered a position in Downtown Seattle. Of course that hotel had to close as well. But they will be contacting me as soon as doors open again. Northgate would really want me to come back when this is over.. so we will see what happens when this is all over. I am not sure how all this unemployment works, so we will see when I get my first pay. Well as far as school goes for Soleil, I got an email from west Seattle Elementary letting us know that they will be closed the rest of the school year. Moon is pretty sad about it. She misses her friends and she is also a bit sad because she is in 5th grade and usually at the end of the year 5th graders get some kind of graduation out of elementary. WOW my daughter will be in middle school next year, she is growing so fast. nothing really big has happened since my last post. Tuesday we met up with my friend that I have kind of just been thinking about a lot and worried about. It was good to see he is good and will be. seeing his face always makes me and Soleil really happy. I consider him one of my heartbeats. But he is just a friend and it has to stay that way. I don't want it any other way. But we wont go into that part of my heart lol 
 Soleil is still taking online classes on this Zoom, so she is able to see her Teacher and her classmates. She will have a week off from that next week for "Spring Break". I believe by that time she will have her new computer so that she can attend more classes. Her teacher called me to let me know that the school was going to send her a computer. Such a blessing. you know about 2 or maybe 3 weeks ago I was really stressing all this. But here I am now just being thankful for the blessings. City of Seattle sent me vouchers for groceries and will send me more next month. My friend Carla helped me out when I was given the chance to keep working. Even after our Hotel closed I was able to continue work for another week and everyone was so understanding and letting me bring Moon. And now Moon will have a free computer to continue her school work. 
Last night on the news they were talking about inmates in Monroe,WA (about 15 miles east of me) were starting fires at the prison. I cant imagine what it is like in that situation. When this all started of course there were thoughts of many people who were about to be in lock down in their homes with fear and possibly sever anxiety. Being confined in a place for too long could cause depression. there was even predictions of many people who may take their own lives. So if you can, please check on your friends, family and pay attention to their tone of voice and answers. though we can not be there physically, find a way to reassure them that you are always there. Pray with them. you will be amazed of how God will speak through you. He will put in your heart exactly what to say. Sometimes God speaks to us through songs and mouths of people we love. 
Some time today i will be working on a schedule for Moon and I. We are just laying back for a bit.. but starting Monday we will have a routine so that we can stay active. My friend Rey and his fiance are making us face mask! once we get those then her and I will venture out for walks. I want to make sure that her and I get through this the right way. Also in our schedule her and I will make sure we read the bible everyday. This is the perfect time for us to keep going forward on the right path. We are not able to attend church, but we all worship together on Facebook live. And it works amazing. 

Today is my grandmother's birthday. I miss her so much. Everytime I think of her, my memories of her feel so fresh and real. She was an amazing woman. well that is pretty much it for now. until then....

The beginning

Well, This all started almost a month ago. We only had one case and of course the person who had this virus was in a hospital close to where I live, Everett, Washington just north of Seattle. All we knew was of that one person. It didn't take long until more starting popping up. A nursing home in in Kirkland, WA ( about 15 min east of Everett) had a few deaths from the virus. Then of course everyone who was around the nursing home ( workers, family members) were exposed and then it all started going down hill from there. A week later a high school here in Everett closed down the school for the week for exposure. then the next few days, the schools in the cities surrounding Seattle started to close schools. It happened so fast that pretty soon Soleil's school was shut down. West seattle Elementary. It was originally closed down for 2 weeks. I, of course had to work, had no idea what I was going to do. My friend, who works at Amazon, was working from home and offered to help me out. She is such an Angel and I thank God for putting her and her daughter in our lives. When they cancelled School, stress started kicking in. I work HR and Accounting for a hotel and when the cancellations started coming through, the drop in percentage was starting to worry me. It was like things just started happening everyday. Grocery store shelves were empty, people started to fight over toilet paper. Maybe I am missing something here or maybe I am going to wish I panicked the way people did, but why so much toilet paper? Here we are into April and I am still wondering what information I am missing. So Soleil and I are doing just fine, we go to the store for things we need and some stuff that will last us we are not rushing out to take stuff we don't need. I know this virus is very serious and if we just do what we are suppose to do, wash our hands, don't touch our face, stand 6ft away from each other, I think we will limit the spread of this virus.
Second week of March our percentage dropped so far we had to lay off our employees. The two days or so it took to complete the lay offs, was such an emotional moment for me. Then of course I started to wonder what will happen to me. I have never been without a job, and I have been working since I was 16 years old. I started to lose sleep. There is another person I thought about everyday, and I pass his house everyday and every time I passed his home I prayed NOT to see his car there. The reason for that is, if his car was not there, then that meant that he had a job and every time I did not see It there I thanked God for his work. But on March 27th I saw his car there and sent him a text and he confirmed he was not longer working. We then heard of one of our Hotels closing in downtown Seattle and it was just horrible. THEN it happened, Monday, March 30th the owners made a decision to close our Northgate location. Our last day was going to be Wednesday the 1st of April. Of course it was month end so I was told on Tuesday that I would be staying on to complete Month End and my last day is officially Tuesday April 7th. SOOOO even though our quarantine started on weekends only because I am still working, my (our) official Quarantine starts after Tuesday, SO I may jump on here and blog my thoughts or fun things Moon and I will end up doing.
so til then....