For me, it came too fast and too slow. I worked Thursday, and almost everyone I talked had something special planned. Me? I had no plans to stay up because I had work the next morning (the value of adequate sleep on a work night is something I am learning to pay attention to). Friday was a blur. Saturday came - the first morning I'd been home in 3 days, so we celebrated with homemade lattes. It was the first time I had time to think, "wow, a new year. . .what in the world??"

I have been reading everyone's wrap-up posts and just absorbing what a monumental year it's been. Honestly, I didn't think I'd get to writing my own. And really. . .does anyone want talk of 2020 after 2020 is over? I don't think anyone does. But acknowlegement is important, remembering is important. So I start. . .

One of my first posts of 2020 ends with this: 2020 is going to bring a lot of changes. They will be good changes. I will do things. I will get a little (hopefully a lot) further in life. I also know that time passes both slowly and rapidly and the best I can do is to make the most of every moment.

2020 was a lot of change. Personal change. Career change. Family change. Things happened that had never happened before. . .and I didn't love it. I'm not sure I have words yet. It's been a lot and I am tired.

Here is a brief recap of the year.

took an online ballet class
started obsessing over theater
my friend had a baby!
pushed myself to learn a new instrument
participated in a writing challenge
i read more than the rest of 2020 put together

summer was hhaaarrrddd
work knocked the wind out of me
theater obsessions really skyrocketed
ssoooo many birthdays
volleyball
lake days. sand under my toes.
nights watching Gilmore Girls until I passed out

attended my first funeral of the year.
my mom and Little Sister brought home a cat!
took my friend to the best waterfall in the northwest.
so much wood hauling

second funeral of the year. . .I did not think this would be happening
buying cute stuff for our house
I do not have words for how special it feels when my friend's baby recognizes my voice and SMILES
unpredictable snow patterns are making my commute stressful
i acquired a lot of plants

YOUR TURN: drop a link to your 2020 wrap ups.
I want to read and celebrate with you. cheers!