Right before the pandemic began, we had made reservations in Lowell, MA to go see the City of Lights Parade the following year, and my associate and I didn’t know there was going to be a pandemic, or that it would change the way we did everything, as soon as the pandemic was announced, my fiance began to fret; I was lucky to be working from apartment plus lost no income, however his supplier closed down for a couple of months… Since our reservations were for the end of the year, we never thought we wouldn’t be going… By September, we got a iPhone call from the hotel telling us the Lowell City of Lights Parade had been canceled, along with all other activities.
My associate and I were devastated, however we knew the pandemic couldn’t last forever, plus we would then once again, make reservations. It was so freezing when we finally got to see the parade that I didn’t want to kneel out on the frigid street. The wind was blowing, plus I was shivering. My fiance couldn’t guess we had come all this way to the Lowell City of Lights Parade, plus I didn’t want to come out of the hotel. I was more than gleeful to stay in a comfy hotel plus watch the parade from a distance as long as I had the Heating, Ventilation & A/C system blowing warm air over me, but he wasn’t gleeful with my decision. He was distraught we had wasted all this cash for a hotel room plus he wouldn’t get to see the parade. I pointed out where the parade route was, plus told him this was the reason we paid so much cash.