Wicked Wednesday: Looking back on 2021

Fresko N.N., Foto Maurizio Fabre, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

It’s been tumultuous these many months. At times I felt adrift like in the open sea, treading water like mad only to tire and begin to sink…and there were times I just wanted to drift all the way down to the bottom. I’ve made it back into the boat: wet, tired, but happy to still be floating and in one piece.  Things can only get better, right?

Last year, and really the year before it, were like a roller coaster with highs and lows.  By the time 2021 rolled around I was so glad to be out of the nightmare of 2020 and I was more hopeful of the future, although more anxious too.  I’ve been fortunate to work from home, and I’m thrilled that this will continue in 2022. When I realized I would be home for more than a few months, I set up a home office (a much more proper one than what I had been making due with) complete with a rising desk and comfortable chair.

I haven’t eaten fast food since February of 2020 except once, just this past month because my oven blew up (literally – I thought it was going to catch my kitchen on fire)  and it was pretty gross, home cooking is so much better. And I now have a pretty decent home gym – all I’m missing is a lap pool.

Looking back over the year, there were so many ups and downs in general.

Up: the majority of the US elected someone sane.
Down: so many people believe the lie that the election was stolen, leading to the insurrection on the Capitol, which was the most horrific thing I think I’ve ever seen.

Up: the insurrection was unsuccessful
Down: the seditionists and insurrectionists are not all behind bars

Up: I got vaccinated and boosted and I’m still alive.
Down: so many people where I live are not vaccinated, and so many people, both where I live and across the country and world (including people I knew) caught Covid and were seriously ill (and in many cases died).   I don’t think we’re getting a good handle on getting through this pandemic – I think we could, and I hope that there’s not a mutation coming that’s going to take us back to the beginning of this, but I’m not sure how hopeful I am.

On a lighter note, because not all ups and downs from last year can be so traumatic, although many of them were…
Up: I grew my own tomato plants from seed (and had lots of tomatoes from them)
Down: tomatillos need two plants to produce fruit, unlike tomatoes.

So, what will 2022 bring?  I hope some good things. I know there will be bad, but I am, at least for now, optimistic – it’s got to keep getting better.

So here’s to a Happy New Year, and a better 2022!

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