Can't believe it's already the end of 2021. As fast as the promise of vaccines came this past spring, allowing at least some form of normalcy, this year is is ending in a worse state than it was and only somewhat better than it began. At this point, I'm rather numb to it all. I was able to get up to Brooklyn twice this year, and to York, PA once. I did get on a plane to Idaho Falls to visit Aysenur and Taylor, also visiting Wyoming and Montana. I'll save Utah for another time. In September, I was invited to a Daikin event in Phoenix, my second time to Arizona. I also had a small OTEC-1 reunion in Albany in September, and ended up staying with Eric and Smriti in Saratoga Springs for a few days.
My 2021 was mostly consumed by the kitchen project, which is capping out at approximately $31,000 all said and done, after I had budgeted $20,000. Material costs and "supply chain" issues required some creativity and some planning. But it was a good diversion. As of Dec 31, 2021, I am still awaiting delivery of an out-of-stock dishwasher I ordered in October and backsplash tile that's on its way. I couldn't have imagined how excited I was to be able to wash dishes by hand again, after exactly 290 days of not having a kitchen sink.
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| Kitchen, the day countertops were installed. |
The deck rebuild and foyer renovation was originally planned for this year, but will slip to 2022 or 2023.
I don't have motivation to make this a long post, but I'll end with the Year in Pixels. It was a better year than 2020, with more positive days and less anxiety and anger. At present, I don't see how 2022 can be worse than this year, but you never know...
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| 2021 Year in Pixels |