And our toast at Post-Christmas Tea went along the lines of
"GOOD RIDDANCE!!!"
Brenda, Diane and I, feel that we have been short-changed with the year that was suppose to be Our Year and decided that a do over is in order.
Began last January in Virtual Belize...which was nice.
Also watched the unfolding of The Wuhan Virus which would later be known worldwide as Covid-19 as it became the first real pandemic in almost 100 years.
As of tonight over 83 Million are infected and almost 2 Million people are dead.
I tried Ruby Chocolate and Dragonfruit!
Started the Great Decluttering of 2020 and am almost finished, and back to a minimalist lifestyle.
John and I saw the final episode of Star Wars in the theater! The Resistance won!!!
Trump was impeached...but not removed...our RESISTANCE would tend to that during The Election 2020.
John and I enjoyed a Valentine's Escape together...filled with chocolate...blissfully unaware of the Plague which would change our world in one short month.
In March, we enjoyed Sister's Day and celebrated Lisa's birthday.
I started 20 Virtual Remote Islands for Spring.
On March 12th, Brenda and Diane and I mall-ratted Bloomington...had a wonderful Brunch out. It would be the last NORMAL day for the year...two days later everything would go into lock-down...you couldn't leave your home without a mask...hand-sanitizer...and for godsake don't touch your face!!!
April was spent in isolation...except John drove out and spent the night of my birthday.
May was much the same. We all got our first stimulus check $1200. and splurged a bit. North Patio Beach opened and my plants never looked better.
June was basically spent in isolation as well.
July, I started Virtual Botswana...and Safari.
Also making various homemade micro-batches of fruit wines.
John and I spent a couple of days just hanging out here and making fair food and such....since this year's fair was cancelled.
So was everything else.
No car shows, no mushroom festivals, no Covered Bridge.
In August, Fall arrived...and for the first time since March we booked a hotel out....celebrated Loretta's Birthday with her Covid-Style and the next day we ate inside a restaurant for the first time in 5 months.
I would start Virtual Madagascar in September.
(...virtual travel has kept me more or less sane through these pandemic days...)
In October we would take another short Getaway staying on the Westside of Indy and dining at Rick's Boatyard Cafe.
By November the plague would gather for a more deadly 2nd Wave...and all holiday plans and such were cancelled.
Lock-down sucked...but Joe Biden won the Presidential Election...there was much rejoicing!!! The results of the election took literally days....
Trump has been throwing a temper tantrum ever since...it seems so 2020...
Decorated for Christmas...but still too dangerous for family get togethers.
Covid is out of control.
Several vaccines have been developed and are being rolled out.
And tonight is NYE...and tomorrow morning 2020 is over!
Thank Goodness.
See everybody next year!