Looking Back

It's the middle of December, so now is as good a time as any to see how I did on my predictions/resolutions:

The vaccine roll-out both went better and worse than I expected. It happened faster than I thought, but fewer people than I expected actually got it. Between that and bad policy choices, the fall has been more miserable than it should have been. I've been to a few events and eaten in a few restaurants, but travel still seems riskier than I'd like and crowded places still feel uncomfortable.

The instagram's prediction of heartbreak didn't happen. I guess I listened to a lot of songs about heartbreak, but that doesn't feel like what the filter was implying. I did try online dating for a while, but I think I had more conversations with scammers than real people and it didn't result in any actual dates. At some point, I decided that it is easier to not complain about being single instead. I think that was mostly successful. Perhaps I'm a bit too happy about it now?

I actually succeeded in getting one household project done - the deck has been replaced with a patio. It's big and beautiful and a joy to shovel in the winter. Best of all - it was done in two days. It would have taken me months to finish if I had to do it myself.

There were no additional hospital visits, but I did have extra doctor appointments. First, one with my family doctor when some blood work showed some minor irregularities. (It sounded like he actually didn't need me to come in and there was some confusion with his staff.) Then there was an urgent optometrist visit when I had flashes in my right eye which was followed by a follow-up check a few months later and finally an opthamologist appointment with an exam that felt like it came out of A Clockwork Orange.

I didn't travel and right now, in the midst of Omicron, it feels impossible to imagine again. I'm not sure if I did more fun stuff or not. Does watching too much YouTube count? Finally rather than working less, I got a second (admittedly fun) job.

Predicting stuff seems hard even if most of the work was done by an Instagram filter. Maybe next year I'll rely on dice rolls instead.