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Has the pandemic disrupted your plans for the future in any major way? If so, talk about the most significant disruption(s).

I went crystal digging in Arkansas with my high school friend several years. We were unable to go this year because of the pandemic and risks associated with traveling. We probably won’t go this coming spring due to the pandemic. Crystal digging has been the only vacation for me, so I really miss it. The arts council I belong to normally has an annual beer and food tasting event that raises funds to have the Old Time Music Festival in June. The BrewFest and Old Time Festival were both canceled in 2020. We will not have BrewFest in March because of the pandemic. We hope to have a scaled back music festival of one day but are unsure if it will be allowed in June. I coordinate BrewFest, so I need to find another way to raise funds to keep the festival going. I would like to see my 89 year-old mother and family in another state, but no one is allowed to visit nursing home residents, and the counties where they reside are virus hotspots. These things don’t appear to be major but when you don’t have a large circle of family and friends, the little things are important.