I feel like maybe the last thing I want to do is revisit 2021, but you know, there were some real high points, so let’s do it.
January
I turned 46. I sat around the fire pit at my friend Jen’s house and it was all I wanted to do for my birthday – so it was perfect. Spending time with my friends was what made 2021 bearable, but it happened so infrequently, so that is what made it terrible.
February
Mardi Gras! I spent a lot of January preparing for this, the Schitt’s Creek house float that I participated in. It was one of the high points of 2021. I had so much fun making my Moira costume (and Jen’s!) and helping with the creation (mostly telling Chris what to do) and then on Mardi Gras day, seeing all the people and BEING INTERVIEWED BY THE BBC.
You know, in case you wanted to watch it.
That wasn’t the only excitement in February. The boys were also enrolled in a COVID vaccine trial (Moderna) and we learned later in the year that they actually did get the vaccine (first one in February, second in March.)
March
Really, not much happened. Well, I got my vaccine. That was nice.
April
My sister & fam came down for Easter.
Our yard renovation was completed!
May
I went to visit Kiki! We baked a lot.
Linus was hospitalized for asthma. (He’s fine.)
June
Things were looking up. We found out the boys were fully vaccinated. Was it over? We were able to take off our masks and do things! I took the boys to a couple of soccer games. We ate at a restaurant! We booked a trip to California! Life was back to normal! I call this “the golden time.” Boy were were we naive.
July
My blog turned 20.
We got devastating news in the middle of the month when my sweet cousin Molly died suddenly. I still can’t believe it.
The boys and I went to California to visit Evan and Jennifer and Ellie. It was a lovely trip, even though it was under a cloud of sadness. Things still felt normal. We went to Disneyland and to an LAFC game and to the beach, and I got to meet my best friend in person finally. (She’s 3.)
This is when the golden time ended. LA had re-introduced a mask mandate not long before we got there. Delta was coming. Thank god we went when we went, or we wouldn’t have been able to go at all.
August
We got to hang out with the Murphys, which was wonderful.
The boys started 8th grade.
We went on a terrible road trip. Thanks Ida!
September
We finally got to go home! After spending 11 days in Houston and Baton Rouge, we were ready. And that’s about all I can say about September.
October
I went to the Rosebud Motel with my friends. That was fun.
That’s about it. Oh, I did some sewing.
The boys finally got to start soccer again. Or was that September? I don’t know. One of those months.
November
KIKI CAME TO VISIT! That was awesome. We did a lot of stuff around the house and ate at restaurants. Things were starting to feel normal-ish again.
I made a quilt!
Obviously it was Schitt’s Creek themed.
We had a quiet Thanksgiving, just the five of us.
December
My sweet baby boys turned 14!
My mom turned 75 and my brother and sister came in for it.
Finally, we celebrated Christmas with Grandee and Larry and negative COVID tests.
On to 2022!
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