I’ve lived in LA for over 20 years. My parents haven’t always come to LA often, but they try to see me when they can. When my grandparents were still alive, more often I would meet up with my parents in San Diego instead of them coming to LA. And since the start of the pandemic, I feel like I see them more in Santa Barbara than in LA but they have been coming to LA more often now. And since we bought the condo, they have been visiting more often because they are helping me with planning and other work.
In all of the years that I’ve lived here, I don’t think there was ever a visit planned that was missed. Once, my dad had to cut a trip short and wasn’t in LA as long as he originally planned. And at Thanksgiving 2020 I didn’t make it to Santa Barbara due to vertigo I had so my parents came to see me. But I can’t remember a planned trip to LA that was completely canceled before. But of course, there is a first time for everything.
My parents were supposed to be in LA now to help me with some more condo stuff. We are getting closer to the end of the renovation (I’ve got a moving date coming up now!) and they wanted to be here to help with some of the appointments where someone needed to be at the condo to supervise like the appliances being delivered. There are some steps that need to be done before the appliances can be installed, and that was supposed to be done by today. But renovations never go exactly how they are planned and those other steps are now delayed by about a week.
While it’s annoying that things have been delayed, they will still be completed on time for me to move in. And in a way, this might be a positive. The original plan was that my parents would be here and they would supervise some things and then also get to spend some time with me. But after the Covid exposure, everything changed. I knew I wouldn’t be able to spend time with my parents. And it would be harder for them to supervise since they really couldn’t be inside while workers were in there. Before we knew of the delays, we were trying to figure out how things could work. So having things pushed back will allow my parents to make sure they can be around me and others without worrying and that should be for the best. Even though I know we could find ways to keep a distance, I’d rather not have to worry about extra things.
I’m sad that I missed out on family time since I missed out on that twice within a week. But right now my parents are hoping they can still come back to LA before the renovation is done so they can make sure everything is done the way we wanted it to be and I think they also want to see things in person since so much has changed since the last time they were here. Or they might come right after I move in so they can see the place with all my stuff inside and we can work on decorating.
I wish that I could have had the family time I was planning on having, but I also have to remember that for almost 22 years, this is the first time that something like this has happened and that’s pretty amazing.
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