Cross Country Trip

Last Monday I got a call that every mother during this time dreads. My son attends Washington University in Seattle, and when the Corona outbreak started making news headlines I was nervous about his safety, but trying not to be panicky in any way. Last Monday the school called, and not only were his classes cancelled, which we already knew that he was doing distance learning, but his housing contract was also being cancelled. To add insult to injury, they had decided to close down housing as of Monday, the 30th of March essentially giving me one week to collect my son.

I wasn't worried at fir...