December 31--AT LAST🎉

Like so many others I am really glad to see the end of 2020. I don't expect all that much to change, at least not immediately. The virus is still raging and will be for a while. The latest estimates from the expert indicate no real improvement until March or April. Yes we do have two vaccines but, according to the news, the promised 20 million vaccinations (vaccinations not vaccine doses) has resulted in only a little over 2 million vaccinations and some 17 million doses actually delivered. The news this morning said that the health department in Broward County Florida that was taking reservations for those who wanted to get their shots closed down after only one day because they had appointments through February. And we still haven't finished with the elections since Georgia still has two run-off elections for their senatorial positions. But the end of this interminable election season that began the same day #45 was inaugurated. I hope he simply trudges off stage and doesn't announce candidacy for 2024. I could go on but almost everything roiling this country remains but with a partial change in personnel in the government. We'll see what develops.

But this brought a smile this morning. I saw the snippet the news featured earlier but the long version is worth a view.

It has been a strange year--2020. If we hadn't had the news (cable and internet) we wouldn't have known much of what was happening. Our lives have gone along much as they have before and as we expect them to go in 2021. We haven't seen family as much as we normally would have. TheC OVID restrictions never bothered us because they didn't cause us to change much. I quickly made our own masks and am now making some new ones to incorporate the third layer now recommended. We don't much like crowds and the virus has simply made us more aware of people around us. That won't change even when the pandemic eventually wanes. I suggested to mom that we might consider continuing to wear masks during the cold/flu season. We got the flue shot this year but there are no vaccines for colds. And too many experts say that even when the pandemic is over the coronavirus won't go away.