Coronavirus Part 4

 Well, it's been another two months. It looks like we are still in this thing.

Normally each year we go on a couple of trips, and do at least one big project around the house. Luckily we took a vacation to Hawaii right at the end of February, but since then we haven't done any traveling besides a few nights out in Borrego Springs. I always make a New Years resolution to visit three places I haven't been before. My criteria for what constitutes a "new place" is somewhat malleable, but this year I may have to get creative. I still have plenty of use-or-lose leave, so we're thinking about doing some camping this fall.

I spent much of June and July building two shade structures in our backyard. This was something we had wanted to do since we moved in but it always seemed like there was a more pressing project to do. Having more shade in the backyard is great. Since the Big Ten announced that the fall football season has been cancelled, I think I'll have enough time this fall to wire the structures to put fans & lights under the shade structures.

There is shade now, but it's hard to see with the lighting.

I've also decided that since I'm working from home, I might as well let my hair grow out. I haven't had my hair this long since I was in high school, and it's fun change of pace to have long hair. The last thing I've done this year is start to play piano again on the the Children's keyboard we got for our kiddos a few years back. I'm not very good, but I like learning songs to play.I feel like this has been such a weird year that it's a good opportunity to try some new things that can be done within the bounds of our new lifestyle. For those who follow my Instagram, you may have seen the progression of my homemade pizza from from awful to excellent. I'm pretty proud of that, since I'm not much of a baker.

So when people ask what I did during 2020, I guess I'll say that I built a shade structure, mastered homemade pizza, grew a mullet and memorized a song on the piano. I guess that's not too bad for a year, and who knows what else I'll add in the remaining 4.5 months of the year, because it doesn't look like this pandemic is going away anytime soon.