2020 Was a Gas

I am blessed to be able to say that in 2020 I had moments of sheer joy. 

In previous years I made little "Year-End" cards to mark some of the good things. This year, I thought I would bring that back. 

It was a weird year. I believed "Self Quarantine" would be "short". I think we had to begin sheltering in place in March. I was sure that this would all be "fixed" by May. It felt like a really long string of snow days. Snow days from a child's eyes (and sometimes an adult's) is an unplanned gift of respite from the everyday. A day home from school? Yay. Do I do extra homework today? NO! That's missing the point of the gift. Instead focus on snowmen, sledding, and snow cream (if you can find some safe snow). The follow-up to a good snow day is a good cup of hot cocoa and blissfully tired bodies. 

I did my part in self-isolation, going nowhere after work. Just me and the pets, reading "'War and Peace". I heard about this "fad" on NPR. Reading the book in a virtual book club. A book that I would not have picked out for myself. On "A Public Space", Yiyun Li led us through and inspired reading of a surprisingly good book. [#TolstoyTogether]

I binged on mini-series shows on Netflix and Amazon. It's funny because it sounds like many of us binged the same shows. This makes for typical conversations at the "water cooler". I binged the Queen's Gambit and The Crown.

I took online classes (I have one more that I need to finish). I went to a Writers' Retreat. The retreat part had to be improvised but was pretty good. 

I went down to Wilmington several times so I could play with that sweet little Lucy. I've been lucky!