Congratulations, we made it to 12/27/2020! For me as I write this, the clock starts at 11:09pm (almost but not quite the magical 11:11).
Today I was out and about in Orlando, FL running errands with my mom when we decided to pop in to The Mall of Millenia. Valet was back, people were back and it was good and scary at the same time. If we did not have masks, it would almost be normal. And yes we are crazy careful about washing hands, being distant and the masks.
My mom was having a bad knee day and not able to walk so I went off to the concierge desk to get a wheelchair. I lucked out and asked if they had motorized ones and they did……….. as I was waiting I was chatting with the younger lady helping me. She was happy to be busy and I said it’s great we made it to this day. As I said that she was teary-eyed yet happy too. Hopefully she did not lose someone one or too many to the 2020 big event……….she really wanted to come on hug me I could tell, but we hugged with our eye exchange…………..later when we were leaving I mentioned to her at the desk that I would bring the chair back once I got the car from valet and my mom was seated.
That wonderful concierge, showed up at the valet to get the chair from us so I did not have to drive it back inside. What a nice and wonderful surprise!
Among the craziness of the world this year, we have had wonderful conversations and interactions with people. Everyday, I can feel people happy to have made it this far. Today was really the first time I discussed it with anyone about making it this far, and it is true. I definitely feel like a celebration is in order for making it this many days, and am appreciative of what I have and what this experience has brought me.
The time span for me like many is all a blur. So blurry that saying we have been doing this for 10 months feels like a really long time, like a decade of time instead of less than 1 year, And I am in the group that was never in sync with the time change. This year was slug inducing, and then before I knew December holidays were here and over super duper quick.
I work in the home and gift industry so we are always busy and open in December and prepping for our wholesales markets in Dallas, Atlanta and the rest of the gift markets during the month. While everyone is fa la la’ing, I am still filling wholesale orders, doing on-line sales, inventory, making catalogs and doing lots of updates for the upcoming markets. This is my every year. So it is very nice to have made this far with hope for a good January and new things in 2021.
If no one else tells you, I am proud of you for making it this far in the 2020 pandemic. Hopefully you were not sick, did not lose anyone, and were somewhat ok in your mental health because of 2020’s unique stressors. Celebrate that during this weird in between week and time. We all earned our gold stars this year. Happy and healthy for all of us in 2021!
The Lovely Spotted Flamingo 