It seems that I need two years to gather enough material to make a post to this blog. Well duh, there’s been this world wide pandemic in case you haven’t heard, so forgive me.
A lot has happened since January 2020. Life can wear a person down yet it wasn’t all bad! We got a new President in the November elections; I think most people were happier that the old guy was gone rather than that the new guy would work well. Too many divisions in this country now. I just can’t talk about politics….so depressing! I’ll always be a Hillary Clinton fan and I’m still sad that she tried twice yet isn’t in power! Enough of that talk!
My husband died on December 21, 2020. My son was so helpful in arranging his affairs, I can’t thank him enough. At first it was a relief to not have to call him every Tuesday to get his food delivery list. He would talk for an hour and a half at least. Then, funny thing happened, I started to miss our conversations. He was not a perfect person and had many failings but I never wished him ill in any way. He loved to talk and people were attracted to him. But for circumstances he probably would have been a great politician. 😁
The odd part of December was that our old friend of 60+ years also died in December. Those two guys always told me they were going to get together, Clair actually talked about driving to Vancouver to see his old pal when I last spoke to him on December 9th. He died that night in his sleep. I didn’t know….no one called or wrote to let me know and he had a large family so who knows why. Maybe his was a death expected so they thought his friends already knew. Anyway, my husband didn’t know either so died then must have been surprised to find Clair waiting for him in the ‘afterworld’. I miss him too. He was always so kind, would ask me about each of my kids every time we spoke.
So 2019 was made up of trips to Vancouver to help RHT get junk out of his apartment, set up a weekly food delivery system and visit him when he was in hospital. It was busy and I was engaged in the action of getting him well….and keeping him that way. When the pandemic hit in early 2020, Canada closed the border to visitors and we only had phone calls. When he died, it was the holidays and the vaccine came out to control Covid in January. I kept busy with visiting friends in the building then planning a trip so the family could all get together.
Dean and I booked for August and got Martin’s family a room too at Lake Quinault.
It was refreshing to have 4 days of visiting outdoors. Martin, Lora, Jordan, Hunter, Riley & Zachary all came in one huge crowded SUV; Dean, Asako, Bradley & Momoko drove up to Bainbridge to pick me up. Liza watched my cat. Richard drove up with Avery the second day! I loved having everyone together although it would have been completely perfect had Liza and Gabrielle come along too. But still…nice getaway!
I got my vaccines in January/February when they became available. Liza got the single shot J&J in April. Then I got a booster shot at the local pharmacy in September when it was recommended. I felt bulletproof. Then liza got sick at the end of the year when the Omicron variant came in. I had a sniffly nose and chest congestion with a slight cough. I didn’t get tested but I think I had Covid…no way to tell without a test so….who knows, maybe a cold?! Anyway, Liza is still recovering as I write this. I’m dropping off milk, juice and yogurt for her every couple of days. I thought a week in that she would die but she tells me she just can’t taste food but she’s not throwing up any more. Good thing! I haven’t seen her for more than 2 weeks.
Not much to say because of Covid but at least I got a few paragraphs in. Happy New Year! 🥳
