I was just looking back on my last post, thinking it would be a good time for an update, since we're now two full months into 2021. The good and bad tale of the tape:
- We had some gorgeous freezing fog at the beginning of January (yay!).
- I watched (via refreshing the Washington Post website) with horror and disgust the insurrection by Trump supporters on the Capitol on January 6th (boo!) and the thankfully uneventful inauguration of our 46th president (yay!).
- We watched the Packers season end so close to the Super Bowl (boo!).
- We enjoyed our first get-together with friends for the first time since July (yay!), outdoors on a frigid, windy night (boo!).
- We've had my parents over for a brief, masked visit (still strange, but yay!).
- We've trying to deal with the cabin fever that has come with too many days indoors and together (thanks, 10-day-long polar vortex, for heaping on) (boo!), but we have a plan to take a little trip up north during spring break and go looking for springtime waterfalls (yay!).
- Both kids are still doing well with their school work (yay!), although Iris's days typically end an hour and a half after they start. It's not easy keeping her busy and I end up yelling at her to clean up her myriad messes (boo!). We are planning on having them return to in-person school next year (yay?).
- The kids are all signed up to play ball again this summer and we've got our fingers crossed that the season(s) will go as planned (yay!).
- My hair is long enough to put into a bun since I haven't gotten a haircut since October 2019. Nick has a goatee as of this morning, partially shaving for the first time in five years. (I feel like I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel with these ones...)
So, that's it. That's what's been different for us as we continue to tread water and ride out this pandemic.
I'm hoping that the next few months have more yays than boos (although there's likely to be plenty of booze...)! In the meantime, here is the new wall art I've created for us (I'm quite proud of this one):
Awesome things: What We Do In The Shadows (both TV show and movie - so late to the party!)
