Christmas 2020

I can't remember the last time I decorated for Christmas! 

Everyone is calling the year 2020 a "dumpster fire" of a year... But for me, 2020 was actually pretty good. 

After complaining about a job for years, I quit in late 2019 and then got hired in Spring 2020 via phone (during the initial stages of Wuhan) for a new job that pays more than I've ever made, and that I like---and that does tele-working pretty well. I got VERY lucky, and I am VERY grateful.

Being at home constantly can be stifling---but it's also sometimes nice to just wake up and roll off the couch to the computer without having to shower and put on makeup and commute and deal with people all day! I haven't had a sick day in 8 months! :)

Also: After 3 years of not talking to my mother, and over 10 years of not talking to my father, 2020 brought a rapprochement with both. Which makes my soul feel happier. As I wrote my mom earlier in an e-mail: "It's not like I'm 35 and you're 60, and we have decades left to not speak."

So today, after years of not decorating for Christmas, I finally dragged down my box labeled "Christmas" and put up a few things. And sent out my first Christmas cards in years: to Mom and Dad.