I hope it will be gentle to us too !
I guess I haven't used my time constructively enough, but it sounds like you have. I really should be better at something else by now. LOL
It's the holiday family things that have been interrupted that bother me the most. Me, my Mom and sibs aren't getting any younger and it's simply not fair that we can' gather properly in these later years. Not fair !
For sure! The family things bother me the most. I had to tell one of my brothers and wife that he couldn't stay at my house when he was visiting Washington, DC last year. They both were not a fan of the masks and she is the one that got COVID on the way home from MY house after my other brother's funeral. Long story short, he got sick this time... so I feel vindicated with my decision. (Sort of)
I have had family here, but, it is not anywhere near the same as it has been.
May it be kind and gentle to us. This year will be good. I can feel it! Living alone and living with a family is really different and it motivates me more to have people around and to do things with. And I do have to get that other house finished... so I just have more things that NEED to be done. that is all. I have projects all over with my name on them.
Le sigh.