RaeAnna + A Nerdy Lifestyle
I have not been open about the way this year started. We were more than careful, but COVID came for us anyways. Dylan was hospitalized for almost three weeks on the other side of the country and spent two weeks on oxygen and another week before he came home. I floundered at home struggling through my own severe case of COVID and the worry that my partner of five years could never walk through our front door again.
I was hoping for an amazing start to the '20s. Instead a global pandemic arrived two months later, changing the social, economic, cultural, and all the other landscapes of the world. I have never been one for resolutions or goals, but I have hopes for 2021, and I will keep those in mind in the coming days and months.
2020 has not been the year I hoped it would be. I've canceled so many trips and never planned many more. The trip that broke my heart the most to postpone was my tour of Scotland. I was supposed to be in the Highlands right now, and I'm really bummed about it.
Last week, I focused on the shit things in my life, but I'm trying to be optimistic this week. Even if it's just for the sake of my six dogs, I'm going to ooze positivity dammit!!!
My quarantine hasn't been filled with finding a new passion, getting in shape, writing the next great American novel, or baking sourdough bread. I haven't been able to be apart of #isolationcreation the way I wish I could've been. My version was raising the puppies.
The last three months have been insane for everyone because of COVID, but my life has been crazy because of the swarm... or the puppies. I have missed lots of things, but it has been worth it.