That sure was a year, huh
Dec. 31st, 2020 08:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
allekhaJust got back yesterday from visiting with my parents - it was really great to see them again and more than worth the self-isolating. My mom tried out some new recipes on us and gave me some more tips on how to make our favorite spinach cheese pie. Most days, Z and I would play Fire Emblem 3H, then I'd do something with my parents for a while in the evening, like go for a short hike or watch a movie (my dad took me to skate around the tennis court at the park a couple of times, too - it's maintained better than the one here), and then Z and I would stay up too late playing video games some more. A very relaxing week!
For Christmas, I got my mom more coffee than I'd intended (we thought the first order got lost when it didn't and then the second arrived super fast - thanks, USPS) from a local company owned by a disabled woman, gave my dad a couple of books on math, counting, and patterns in various cultures that he seems to be enjoying, and got Z a body pillow (no embarrassing cover, at least not yet lol) and a tate-eboshi I made him :D The hats are his favorite part of the Onmyouji movies. I got a wool poncho, as my mom refuses to believe that I am not actually freezing to death up here, a couple of books, including one on self-editing writing, and acoffee spice grinder, which I asked for because beating spices up with a hammer does not actually work that well.
Also had a talk with my advisor on Christmas (he's Jewish and we only really do Christmas the morning of) about my next steps wrt to jobs or post-docs and papers and so on. My mom is also trying to help me put together a to-do list, though thankfully she stopped nagging so much when I talked with her about it. I decided I'll start in on everything tomorrow.
I was lucky in being relatively fortunate in my personal 2020 experience - I could work on my dissertation from home, I don't have any major health issues, my parents have been really careful, and nobody I know personally got sick, even the one who works at a grocery store. Didn't hit most of my resolutions other than writing the thesis, but that was a pretty big one! My Japanese goal was kind of made arbitrarily anyway and I still made good progress there.
Here's hoping 2020 is a lot less sad and anxious and awful and eventful for all of us.
For Christmas, I got my mom more coffee than I'd intended (we thought the first order got lost when it didn't and then the second arrived super fast - thanks, USPS) from a local company owned by a disabled woman, gave my dad a couple of books on math, counting, and patterns in various cultures that he seems to be enjoying, and got Z a body pillow (no embarrassing cover, at least not yet lol) and a tate-eboshi I made him :D The hats are his favorite part of the Onmyouji movies. I got a wool poncho, as my mom refuses to believe that I am not actually freezing to death up here, a couple of books, including one on self-editing writing, and a
Also had a talk with my advisor on Christmas (he's Jewish and we only really do Christmas the morning of) about my next steps wrt to jobs or post-docs and papers and so on. My mom is also trying to help me put together a to-do list, though thankfully she stopped nagging so much when I talked with her about it. I decided I'll start in on everything tomorrow.
I was lucky in being relatively fortunate in my personal 2020 experience - I could work on my dissertation from home, I don't have any major health issues, my parents have been really careful, and nobody I know personally got sick, even the one who works at a grocery store. Didn't hit most of my resolutions other than writing the thesis, but that was a pretty big one! My Japanese goal was kind of made arbitrarily anyway and I still made good progress there.
Here's hoping 2020 is a lot less sad and anxious and awful and eventful for all of us.
