I just hate it when she’s right.
That evening Fort Worth school officials closed all the city's schools and the Texas Education Agency cancelled sports and academic competitions statewide. My own school even cancelled all field trips, its annual WOW showcase of student talent, and an awards ceremony, as well as all afterschool activities for several days.
I really don’t understand the last one. After all, if I’m in a classroom with the little darlings all day long, just how does a few more hours after school really matter? Am I missing something here? Are cooties more active after 4 p.m.? Am I more susceptible to germs after 4 p.m. Something to think about.
At least all this pandemic panic provides a small modicum of rationalization for my little sortie at the neighborhood drug store.
The next day I had to fly to Colorado to try and close up family matters after my father's death. I seriously contemplated bringing one of my newly purchased surgical masks - you know, just in case.
I really, really contemplated it after our vice president spread the pandemic panic when he announced on the Today Show that he wouldn’t want his family traveling on a plane to anywhere. Yep, thanks Joe, for that little reassuring remark.
When I boarded the airplane, a twenty-something girl walked down the aisle wearing a mask. Apparently she took Joe’s panic to heart. I just smiled, remembering the Y2K scare and the four-gallon jugs of Millennium water in my parent’s garage - you know, just in case.
Pandemic panic? I think I’ll be just fine.
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