2021 was better than the year before, but that was a low bar. The biggest and best thing that happened was getting a new piggy, Basil, who has brightened my isolation. He's a very interactive little guy, though still a bit nippy, but we're working on that.
I read 164 books, mostly fiction, but plenty of nonfiction. The books were set on every continent except Antarctica. I painted/drew 10 pictures, mostly small ones. I did the weekly challenge of the Inktober drawing display on social media. I wrote a bunch of book reviews, not sure of the exact number, but at least 5 or 6. Learned to play 2 new games on Gold Token game site: All Aboard-based on train routes and Dragon's Breath, using mah jong tiles. Several new house plants were added to my collection and all but the coleus is doing well.
There were some new health problems over the year: cellulitis in my jaw and face in the spring and a broken rib at Christmas, which I'm still dealing with.
The furnace-a/c leaked 3 times from May to Oct. flooding part my living room and halllway. The condo maintenance people were slow in figuring out the problem, but said in Oct they'd finally found the cause(clog in pipes in another apartment) and had fixed it. The rigmarole with the insurance company was an added bonus.
My car worked intermittently, mainly due to me not driving it enough. But even when I was, it was stalling and not starting, so there was mechanical things happening as well. I had begun doing curbside pickup and drive thrus when really helped with the isolation, but it hasn't been consistent. At this time I need to have a mechanic look at it because it's not starting again & stalling at red lights when it does.
I began watching West Wing at the very end of 2020 and continued through the year. I missed it when it was actually on TV and it's surprising how many of the issues that were covered then are still relevant. I also started watching Jeopardy, where I alternately feel smug when I get an answer that the contestants don't or amazed the things I don't know. I also enjoyed shows such as Atlantic Crossings, White Lotus, All Creatures Great and Small and Insecure.
I've set some small goals for the coming year; do more paintings, update this blog at least monthly, walking more and write more book reviews. Hopefully I can accomplish most, if not all of them. Let's hope 2022 is a better year for all of us.
