How does one reflect on 2020? I guess I need to begin with gratitude. Although we've struggled with isolation, jobs looking differently, and unemployment, we have been extremely fortunate. Everyone in our families is healthy and alive. I still have a job, and one with health insurance. We have still gotten to celebrate certain milestones, like graduation, and holidays with some amount of family (usually just Sam's parents/sister, with many, many precautions). We even got to celebrate a really big life step, becoming pregnant with our first child. Highlights:
- Finding out we were pregnant with baby Bean on July 10! - An incredible 2-day birthday celebration that Sam threw for me, the perfect cities date + a surprise party! - Graduating with my Masters in Education in July - Getting to spend a weekend with my sister & her (now) fiancee Brent before COVID lockdown - Being back in-person teaching this fall. Nothing has felt so special. (Seeing the kids is special. Being terrified of giving/getting COVID daily is not so special.) - Hearing the heartbeat, seeing the Ultrasounds & feeling the kicks for the first time Favorite Quarantine Past-times: - Morning walks on the path near our house - Sunday baking experiments (especially bagels & pretzels!) - Reading, reading, reading! - Rediscovering Yoga with Adrienne -Cookouts - House projects!!! - Weekly phone calls with Holland Favorite Experiences: - Kayking in my very own inflatable kayak! - Getting and raising 4 ridiculous chickens - Telling my sister I'm pregnant - Getting wedding photos taken for our 5-year anniversary Favorite Books: *I would also like to note that I accidentally joined 3 book clubs in 2020! One stopped reading books once quarantine hit, thankfully. so I had a little less to keep up on. I highly recommend joining Weeze's book club! - Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo - American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman - How to Be Less Stupid AboutRace by Crystal Marie Fleming - Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb - A Place for Usby Fatima Farheen Mirza - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman OOOH there were too many good ones this year! Follow me on Goodreads! Grieving: - The all-too-quick hustle to get "back to normal" in the midst of protests and calls for racial justice - The losses so many have had this year... losing parents, children, jobs, financial stability - Wednesday evenings & Sunday mornings with my church community, laughter, liturgy & music - Eating, drinking, making food with friends/community - Good sleep Looking Forward to in 2021: - Baby snuggles - A new president in office! - Getting to spend time with people outside again - Getting Bean in the water for the first time!
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I'm guessing I'll have it all figured out by the time I turn 30.
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