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2021 Recap

 In 2021 I …..

worked (a lot) as a librarian and a manager as my workplace went through a number of transitions to move us back towards pre-covid services. For a while A LOT of people yelled at me about masks but it was OVERALL a pretty good year at work.

 



traveled to Chicago with my husband.



got COVID when my child brought it home from school and shared it with his parents. We are all vaccinated so our cases were extremely mild and the biggest stressors were figuring testing and deciding how long to quarantine.




went to Houston to celebrate Aunt Patty’s retirement.

 



 

hung out with my sister…

took Ledger to a baseball game and to play racquetball and to Waco and to downtown Dallas and to school.

had a girls weekend in Walnut Springs.




 

watched my son get Baptized and Confirmed (sobbing). 

slept in my office to be on firewatch while the electricity was out at the library!

 


got a new dishwasher and a new hot water heater!

 


spent all my leisure time covered in puppies.

took my kid to a state park to celebrate his birthday.

 

stood in a parking lot to help the community get vaccinated (got vaccinated (3 times))

 



read 100 books....





In 2021, I worked, and I laughed, and I complained about my job on the internet, and I napped, and I hung out with my family and I had more blessings than anyone has a right to.


And I hope 2022 is going to be better.  I hope I will be a better mother and a better wife and a better librarian but if 2022 is exactly like 2021, well, that would be super wierd, but it would also be just fine.

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