— David Bowie
Sometimes a year has been so disastrous and so terrible that entering a new year will automatically mean entering a wonderful year!
— Mehmet Murat ildan
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.
— William E. Vaughan
Well, a new year has begun. Anyone sorry to see the last of 2021?
In some respects it wasn’t a bad year, for me, but in other respects it really sucked. Big time.
It started out all right, but then I got diagnosed with cancer and had to have not one but two surgeries. Recovery was a long ordeal, and even now I still tire easily. But a scare like that makes you appreciate life a little more, know what I mean?
For the good part of the year . . . the pandemic restrictions relaxed enough that I was able to go to the writing retreat I’d booked in early 2020. And I had the best National Novel Writing Month I’ve ever had.
Even December was pretty good. I was as busy as I usually was, but I didn’t feel as frazzled. Holiday dinners turned out well and on time, cookies were baked and given away, the decorating done (and undecorating too). I even remembered to buy the potato chips to top the hash brown casserole served at Christmas Day brunch. Normally I forget.
I do have one somewhat humorous story concerning Christmas dinner. . . One of the side dishes I traditionally make is Green Bean Casserole. The finishing of said casserole is the sprinkling of chow mein noodles over the top. I was sure I had some, but no, I did not. So I looked online to see if there were any stores open where I might find some. The internet assured me that one of the local grocery stores was open. I had my doubts, but off I went.
Well, the internet lied. So next stop was the corner convenience store, which was open, but they did not have any. However, the Chinese restaurant across the street from them had an open sign. Too bad it was actually closed.
Then I remembered that the tiny mall where the grocery store is had a Chinese restaurant that was open, so back I went across town. The woman behind the counter thought I was crazy, and we had a bit of a communication problem, but eventually I persuaded her to part with some chow mein noodles. For $10.00.
And the moral of the story is, check your recipes and then your cupboards to make sure you have all your ingredients before you grocery shop. :-D
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