2020 feels like it is flying by. It’s already July and it just seems rushed.
Covid. Still a thing. Protests and wanting changes. Not a new thing, but the amount of protests and demands for change seems to be growing as time goes on.
My last non-fan page related blog post has become one of my top five viewed posts. Do I regret it? no. My soul feels at peace having both written and acknowledged feelings I’d been harboring for months.
This post, hopefully, is a 180 from that.
Covid 15. It’s a thing. I hate working out at home. I feel absolutely NO motivation or want to do home workouts. Doesn’t help that I can’t watch TV when I’m home during the day as my mom doesn’t want it on while she’s reading her bible.
Since mid March I’ve gained almost 15 pounds. I’m not lazy, not by a long shot. I work nearly 40 hours a week (I’ve worked through this whole pandemic).
Sometimes it’s too hot to walk or rollerblade outside. I LOVE the heat. It does not love me. For as long as I can remember I’ve gotten really flushed and overheated when outside for long periods of time, especially when it gets into the 90’s or the humidity gets up there.
If I want to go to walking or rollerblading, the earlier the better, and I don’t get to do it as often as I like.
Gyms were supposed to open last week with Phase 4, but our governor decided at the last minute to change that. A lot of people, myself included, were not happy. I honestly can’t wait for my gym to open up. I feel like a lot of people would benefit from having the gym open, or being able to workout again, and not at home.
Conventions! I miss conventions, and my friends that got o them so much. As someone who I used to attending 2 – 4 conventions a year since 2007, I can honestly say it’s one of the things I miss the most.
Two conventions I was supposed to attend this year got cancelled. One in March and one in June. Not counting the “convention” I attended/worked back in January (we’re just gonna call that a trip to Orlando where I went to two theme parks and made some new friends) I haven’t been to a convention since last September.
I’ve attended virtual conventions with three different companies (that’s another blog post), but it’s not the same. Talking to some of my favorite actors (and people tbh) has been amazing, but it’s not the same as being at a convention. The autograph sessions, the photo ops, the meet & greets, oh god the hugs. I miss those the most.
Virtually it’s not the same. It’s a good distraction from every day, but it will never take the place of an actual convention.
Changes. So much is changing. Things are starting to somewhat go back to normal. Here at least. Going from being one of the worst hit states with Covid to being one of the best states is so very shocking to me.
We’re still required to wear masks – I feel like that’s going to be the norm for a while now; but life seems to be going back to normal.
I got my hair colored for the first time since the end of December and honestly it felt so good. I’m honestly glad for Overtone – I’d be an orangey-blonde mess by now otherwise. But getting into the chair at the JC Penney Salon my cousin works at was a relief. It’s been just over a year since I went full red, and honestly, I’m so glad I did.
Baking. I’m so glad my friends and family have still wanted baked goods through this whole thing, or I’d probably go insane. I hope to be changing that soon. I’m in the process of getting a bigger and better kitchen (with TWO ovens – I’m so stoked) and a home processor’s license so that I can actually sell baked goods to people other than my family and friends. If you know me then you know this is something that I’ve wanted for years. It’s not a bakery. It’s not a store front, but it’s the next best thing, and the obvious next step. No one has told me I need to this or that to have a business (some people have TRIED, but they’re not in my life anymore) and I’m so very excited to this my way.
This year has been a huge change in everyone’s life, and I’m so very glad that I was able to (and still able to) work during this whole thing. I know people who haven’t been able to work during this whole thing.
I hope that everything is able to go back to normal sooner rather than later, but I feel like there are enough people who don’t follow the rules where it’s going to push everyone back.
Please wear your mask. Stay away from people. I don’t go to work every day wearing a mask that makes it harder to breathe especially in the summer so that you can come in and get me sick.
Or to deal with people being arrogant, rude assholes because they think they don’t have to wear a mask because they can’t get sick. I don’t wear a mask to keep you healthy.
I wear a mask to keep myself, my family, and my friends from getting sick.
See ya the next go round.
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