Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Yesterday

 Yesterday, I woke up to this email from Cunard Cruises:

Dear Mrs Fisher, we hope this email finds you and your loved ones well.

Throughout this year, we've been making important decisions to protect the wellbeing of our guests and crew, due to the emerging threat of Covid-19. In March, we paused all operations across our fleet, and are currently reviewing every aspect of the Cunard experience. We will only resume sailing when it is safe to do so, when we have the approval and accreditation for our enhanced health protocols and when our guests can travel freely to the destinations we visit.

As it stands, we feel it wouldn't be sensible to start sailing again and we are extending our pause in operations through to March 25 2021 for Queen Elizabeth, April 18 2021 for Queen Mary 2 and May 16 2021 for Queen Victoria.

In addition, with Queen Elizabeth having returned to the UK during the pause, and with ongoing uncertainty over the re-opening of ports and countries on her intended routes next year, it is sadly not practical to continue as planned. We have therefore made the difficult decision to cancel Queen Elizabeth's voyages due to depart between March 26 2021 and December 13 2021. Unfortunately, this means that your voyage has been cancelled, and we are very sorry for the disappointment this may cause.

The cancelled sailings in and around Australia, Japan and Alaska will be replaced with a programme of shorter duration European holidays ranging from three to 14 nights. Queen Elizabeth will be returning to Australia at the end of 2021 and Japan in spring 2022. We're also excited to announce that we'll be putting new itineraries on sale for all ships through to the end of 2022, later this year. This will include Queen Elizabeth visiting Alaska and Australia once again. 

Mt. Rushmore bus trip in May 2020, cancelled

Alaska Cruise in July 2020, cancelled

South Africa in September 2020, postponed to September 2021

Australia to Hong Kong cruise, February 2021 looking very doubtful

Now Alaska 2021 is cancelled

Dreger Family reunion, August 2021 if at all possible in Edmonton.  Let's hope this goes ahead!

Oh well, we have our health!  

I planned on going to Costco early as it's not busy.  My day got much better!

I thought I won the lottery!   I've looked for these at every supermarket and drug store since March and haven't found any!  Cheryl gave me some in March and she's now out and I want to pay her back.  They were not where they usually keep the cleaning supplies.  When I got to the cashier the lady in front of me put them on the belt!   I said "where did you find those", she pointed right behind me and they were right by the chocolate bars in front of the cashiers.  It was limit one and they were almost all gone!  

I needed gas at Costco but I was so excited about my Lysol wipes (I really need a life), I drove out of the parking lot.  On my way home, my check engine light came on and the D on my automatic transmission was flashing green.  At least it was green and not red!  

I put the groceries away and took my car to White Rock Honda.  They were so busy they were lined up outside!  Everyone was social distancing and everyone had on masks!  Kim my favorite Service Center lady said it could be a sensor.  She couldn't say when it would be fixed but I told her just to keep it until they could get it done.  We have no plans anyway.  They have a shuttle vehicle that drives you home.  At 5 PM my car was fixed.  It was a sensor, auto transmission flush, and a bunch of other things.  Oh well that $658.00 was only going on a cruise that won't happen and with all the money we are saving staying home, no problem.  Car runs fine and I still love my Honda Pilot!

The Vancouver Canucks played a good hockey game!  They are now 1 - 1 in the Stanley Cup playoffs with the Las Vegas Golden Knights.  The Golden Knights are a new team and it's great to see them doing so well.  The Canucks were founded in 1945 and joined the NHL in 1970.  They have never won a Stanley Cup.  The Las Vegas Golden Nuggets joined the NHL in 2017 and are a great hockey team!

Today we are having the neighbours over for social distancing, back yard wine and cheese!  I am so looking forward to it!

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