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Shall we cancel 2020?
It is time to turn the page on 2020, a year that has been somewhere
between a disaster and a disappointment for many of us.
Foremost we are healthy.
While age is taking its toll, we are generally healthy and are staying
active. We have been tested a few times for COVID and are happily negative. Both
Vina and Gary manage to play golf weekly and have a few other properly socially
distanced activities. There is not much
we can do in this environment.
Both of us have managed to learn how to use Zoom and have
been “attending” all kinds of lectures, classes, and even social gatherings
virtually. We REALLY do miss seeing friends
“in-person” but are very grateful for having the technology as a second-best
option. We would love to Zoom with you!
Our annual international trip for 2020 got cancelled. We had a bit of an adventure getting our
money back but were eventually able to do so. We are not planning any trips in 2021 but
hoping to resume international travel in 2022.
Also, this year we did not spend the summer months at our place in San
Diego. We greatly missed seeing our San
Diego friends. We spent the entire
summer here in Tempe – where we had the hottest summer on record. Wouldn’t you know…
We did venture out to San Diego (we got tested before we left and after we came back) for the Thanksgiving holiday where we were able to share Thanksgiving dinner in person with Mike and virtually with Bob, Melissa and Maya. Mike got tested before coming over but Bob and Melissa were not able to. Our condo had done well during our 11 months of absence. These pictures were taken when Bob came to pick up his part of the Thanksgiving meal. Bob is on the left and Mike is on the right.
In September Gary and Vina celebrated 50 years of
marriage. We had hoped to have a
celebration with friends and family but then COVID struck. So we enjoyed a nice socially distanced
dinner outdoors at a local restaurant.
Maybe in 2022 we can have a celebration with friends and family.
As we close out 2020, we want to remember those whom we have
lost this year. Let us hope that 2021
will be better year for all of us and for the world.
Gary and
Vina
