Actions, Learnings and Observations
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- We mourned our mid-May wedding trip and Memorial Day Colorado trips-not-to-be
- There were threeish freeze watches after I finally put my cold weather clothes away—poor plants
- I tried to finally buy a pretty mask
- The dang Backstreet Boys pushed back their concert a whole year
- I developed a phobia of drinking water before walks then not being near a restroom
- Will got the best haircut of his life
- I went on a real hike
- We got Thai takeout and ate in the park again (finally!!!)
- I had my first two major (distant) plans with humans almost canceled due to rain
- We made delicious pickles and then started picking beets, onions and everything else
- I got to pet two puppies that came into my midst
- Will audited his book stash
- We stopped doing free workouts online (just picking miscellaneous exercises instead)
- I survived getting a rental car
- We spontaneously grabbed good New York-style pizza
- Will asked a beloved author if he needed someone to edit a book for him then he wrote a whole chapter!
- I made chocolate strawberries for a birthday celebration
- That far-off "end of quarantine" day set in April finally came and yet COVID-19 still didn't feel distant
- We thought about maybe traveling again
- I faced some definite seasonal allergies, part two
- We finally got some good hugs
- We found and started eating the world’s most epic watermelon (the rest is frozen for many slushes to come)
- We had a virtual game night with Will’s sister and husband and for once, Will did not win every round
- I finished audiobooks: “We Should All Be Feminists” and “A Year of Less”
- We decided we could start depleting the mini-freezer and pantry stockpiles
- The late July bachelor party was canceled
- I decided to keep growing out then donate 8 inches of my hair
- We failed at multiple attempted Goodwill drop-offs
- Yoga went down on the priority list but higher on the wish list
- I gave up on the Hawaii trip then two weeks later we started booking (cancellable) ground arrangements for the Hawaii trip
- Will biked the whole Mount Vernon Trail
- I ripped a hole in my Walmart Miley Cyrus jean shirt from 2009...and several old pairs of socks and shorts
- We had a distant picnic complete with key lime donuts
- I had two rounds of exercise GPS tracker drama and bike rental drama
- Will encouraged his dad to become a voter registration leader and recycling advocate
- We learned how bad we are at guessing south Arlington home values
- I enjoyed a honey lavender latte and ancho chili cafe con leche to go from an actual coffee shop (remember those?!)
- We enjoyed homemade lentil curry, strawberry basil margarita, baba ghanoush, Will’s first ratatouille, and many more vegan pancakes
- I researched, read and wrote about cancer survivorship for hours and then jumped to prostate cancer for more hours—work project
- Will and his dad washed the truck
- I jogged to pick up tequila, bringing a new meaning to tequila run
- We savored SC biscuits and finally found good peaches and tomatoes
- I tried eggs for the first time since January
- My keys fell off their designated carabiner perfectly in between two grapefruit causing a 15 minute panic
- I jogged past the historic White House protests and glimpsed the brand new Black Lives Matter street “art”
- Will read the Frederick Douglass biography
- My brother let a surprise slip a year in advance
- Will read up on the love languages and the enneagram
- We toured three apartments and made miniature models of them and all our furniture
- I realized that 2020 will not be chill but THE year of family celebrations
- Will dried his own Serrano chilis
- We listened to the masterpiece that is the entire compilation of Sarah Mae mix CDs since January 2015
- I wrote a haiku for work
- My hardcore electric toothbrush got possessed and was banished to the truck bed
- I finally made it to 2019 in my photo library audit
- We enlisted Will’s grandparents to help throw a surprise birthday for his dad
- Based on a bonfire, we now really understand “like a moth to a flame”
