Oh, 2020 - You can be gone and the sooner the better. COVID-19 cases are soaring everywhere. Here in Maine we have hit new record highs several times in just the past 2 weeks - new cases, deaths, positivity rates. By comparison we are still far behind many many states but after months of being so far behind it appears we are doing our best to catch up in a hurry. I have reverted to behaviors last used in March and April - staying home except for grocery store trips and essential appointments. I'm highly aware of what I touch when out and about and gel up when I get back in the car. It's what I feel just might keep me from getting this virus, along with my ever-present mask.
We spent the Thanksgiving holiday here at home, small turkey dinner and will do the same for Christmas day. In truth, we have done this before by choice at times, not wanting to travel to spend the day with family or friends. We can spend the day in our jammies if we want, although I have not done that since the last time I was sick.
No idea when we will be eligible to receive the vaccine. We are both "elderly" (a term I rail against!), and have at least one qualifying health risk, so we should be near the top of that list, but with the government pulling back on shipments of vaccine this week, who knows? (And just what is that about, huh, Operation Warp Speed?)
Looking forward to 2021 and hopefully being able to return to in person artisan shows. The online virtual show format does not work well for my creations. People really need to see and in some cases feel the fabrics and the quilting. And I love being able to talk to people about my craft. I did have one sale through my newly-created webstore this Fall so I will be leaving it up in case anyone happens upon it.
2021 will also be the year I return to the ski slopes. I was less interested in skiing in the early 2010s because of the cost and the seeming hassle. Then in 2015 our "home" area, Saddleback, closed and went looking for a new owner. After a couple of false starts, an impact fund out of Boston put together a deal and closed early in January. Since then, it's been full speed ahead to catch up on deferred maintenance, to replace the aging lift that prompted the closure, to reinvent the lodge and to develop protocols for skiing in the age of COVID. We purchased test drive passes for 3 days anytime in the season. My skis are currently being tuned and checked. I'd like to put off my return until 2021 so that I can choose a day mid-week to avoid the weekend crowds.
As for politics, it was been such a bumpy ride since the election, as I suspected it would be. No one ever said Trump would go quietly, although he has limited his communication to his Twitter machine for the most part and let his surrogates do the talking. I'll be so happy when he is gone and the lying stops. And the drifting. I find it so hard to believe that all his 70+ million followers really don't care that he is playing them all for suckers, grifting them out of their hard-earned money so he can continue to live his lavish lifestyle. And today comes a report that his son-in-law, the equally unlikeable Jared, created a shell corporation to funnel campaign funds to family members and away from the campaign, all highly illegal. But, because he's the golden boy son-in-law he will receive a presidential pardon along with anyone else who is deemed loyal and they all will skate away scott free. And that really cranks me. There somehow has to be some accountability here. Otherwise we lose hope, and that's sad.
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