1. What did you do in 2020 that you\u2019d never done before?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Survived a pandemic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Did you keep your new years\u2019 resolutions, and will you make more for next year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don\u2019t remember if I made resolutions, but I probably didn\u2019t keep them. My 2021 resolution is to Do Better and get the vaccine the minute I’m allowed to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. Did anyone close to you die?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes, my dad’s dad, my last remaining grandparent died in February. There wasn’t a funeral, but I wish I’d made the trip up to Indiana to see my family. (In 2020 we also lost our Sadie Pot Pie but it feels rude to mention it at length) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. What countries did you visit?
LOL. None. Fucking COVID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7. What date from 2020 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
November 9, the day that the election was finally called. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Voting. Staying as outwardly positive as I could when Sadie died and Gene lost his job all on the same day. (That part was easy. I was still mourning Sadie the entire time Gene was out of work. I don’t care if that was misplaced sadness)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9. What was your biggest failure?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not being demanding enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Not really. I was diagnosed late last year with fatty liver disease, which is a sight better than the original diagnosis (Hepatitis C).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
11. What was the best thing you bought?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I bought a custom portrait of Scooby, Betty and Sadie. Well, I requested it. I have neither paid for nor received it but I am extremely excited about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mine, dammit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Republicans. All of them. And if you’re a Republican and reading this, Fuck You!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
14. Where did most of your money go?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Uber Eats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Any day I was permitted to go into the office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
16. What song will always remind you of 2020?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harry Styles’s Fine Line. I listened to it so many times while I was working, while I was relaxing, while I was trying to convince myself that it was bedtime. It has a recurring lyric “We’ll be all right” that I found extremely soothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
17. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m sadder. In 2021, we’re moving again, away from the little friend-family group that we’ve built up here. We lost our Sadie Pot Pie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
18. Thinner or fatter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fatty fatty bo-ba-latty<\/p>\n\n\n\n
19. Richer or poorer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
20. What do you wish you\u2019d done more of?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I WISH I HAD BEEN ABLE TO LEAVE THE FUCKING HOUSE TO GO TO MY FUCKING JOB AND I WISH I’D BEEN ABLE TO GO TO INDIANA TO SEE MY FAMILY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
21. What do you wish you\u2019d done less of?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SITTING IN MY GODDAMNED HOUSE<\/p>\n\n\n\n
22. How will you be spending Christmas?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Xmas 2020: at home, just Gene and I and the dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
23. Did you fall in love in 2020?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just with Soda Bear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
24. Any one night stands?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No, but we bought a new sofa! It has power foot rests and is marvelous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
25. What was your favorite TV program?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ted Lasso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
26. Do you hate anyone now that you didn\u2019t hate this time last year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No one new<\/p>\n\n\n\n
27. What was the best book you read?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oona Out of Order (a trippy time traveling book). The Idea of You (a book about a 40 year old fucking the 20 year old cutest, most erudite member of a British boy band).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
28. What was your greatest musical discovery?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harry Styles. His voice mostly never fails to calm me down when shit’s getting crazy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
29. What did you want and get?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My new refrigerator, stove, microwave and dishwasher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
30. What did you want and not get?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To see my family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
31. What was your favorite film of this year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I saw shockingly few movies this year, so I would say the Bill & Ted’s movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
32. What did you do on your birthday?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We had a nice dinner in. My plan for my birthday (March 22) was to get a massage and go to the Melting Pot and both were fucked up due to COVID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
33. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If I could have seen my family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
34. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2020?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hey, I change my yoga capris every other day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
35. What kept you sane?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harry Styles. I just got home from buying a copy of his issue of Vogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
36. Which celebrity\/public figure did you fancy the most?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
See above. And also Don Henley, obviously. Some things never change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
37. What political issue stirred you the most?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the despicable way her seat on the Supreme Court was filled so quickly. For a month or two before the election, I had to ban political YouTube videos because they were too upsetting to me. (And even now, I usually scroll Twitter while they’re on and if I happen to have a finger extended to use for scrolling?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
38. Who did you miss?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I miss Sadie Pot Pie. I miss my family. I miss my best friend. I miss my teammates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
39. Who was the best new person you met?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the temporary helpers we have during our data conversion is mostly lovely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
40. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2020:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If your grandpa dies and your entire family is at your parents’ house and you’re thinking “Hmm, I could get to Indiana for not a horrifying amount of money. Should I go?”, you must absolutely go in case a worldwide pandemic breaks out, forcing you to stay home for months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
41. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Put a price on emotion, I’m looking for something to buy\/You’ve got my devotion but man I can hate you sometimes (Fine Line, by Harry Styles)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
42. (New Question for 2020) Hey Elaine, are you going through a midlife crisis, what with all of this pop music performed by a 26 year old?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes, I think so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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