2020 is definitely a year of firsts. Still a few weeks to go but maybe it’s safe to call the result in some areas….
- First year in decades without a visit to a hairdresser,
- First year in decades without a visit to see my football team get beat (a moan is good for the soul),
- First year without caffeine,
- First year with Tai Chi,
- First year in decades without buying a parking ticket,
- First year in decades without standing on a mountain top,
- First year in decades without mooching around a record or book store,
- First year of not meeting up with a member of my family,
- First year of turning up at a family birthday party and suddenly realising that I bought exactly the same present last year,
- First year without buying fish and chips,
- First year without walking on a beach,
- First time lockdown applied to me,
- First year without a visit to an historical site,
- First year without accidentally bumping into someone you didn’t want to in the supermarket. Then spending the next 30 minutes trying to shop and avoid that person. Hiding behind a mask is way more easy,
- First year without visiting a garden shop to buy a plant and then killing that plant off within weeks,
- First year of not popping into a sweet shop and asking for a quarter of midget gems,
- First year of not popping into a climbing store and looking at all the new gear (even though I don’t climb anymore),
- First year of not making a single journey on public transport,
- First year of not popping into a bakery for a quick top up on a pasty,
- First year of not going to the cinema,
- First year in decades without going for a bike ride,
- First year without getting half way round a bike ride and thinking – why is Yorkshire so pigging hilly,
- First year were I haven’t bothered checking the wear on my cars tyres as they bar not being used,
- First year of not physically meeting up with a friend to do something,
- First year in decades of not venturing into a DIY store (Yeh!!!πππ),
- First year without going clothes shopping, buying that item which might be fun and then driving back thinking – what have I just done.
So yes I don’t think we will forget 2020 in while.
No we wonβt forget 2020!
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Definitely not
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Indeed. The year of nots
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It so is
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2020 is definitely a weird year
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It will be up there with the weird top 5.
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An absolute “Mother” of firsts that happened indeed only in 2020. Good post.
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Thank you
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lol seems we don’t need car so often, same here π€πΆπ¬
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Itβs done less than 100 miles in 7 months. x
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That is for sure. I’m writing a poem.
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Cool
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It is a year that will live in infamy, like all pandemics that came before (though this one seems by far the most brutal).
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Definitely up there in the list
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I havent been to the beach either. I miss it!
I missed a concert in July, rescheduled for July 2021… but other than Ben being home for 7 months, my life is pretty much the same. I’ve been a hermit for years. I guess disability prepared me for lockdown.
Always a silver liningπ
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That was Weezer wasnβt it? xxx
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Yep! Green Day, Weezer & Fall Out Boy… Hella Mega
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Hopefully one day. xxx
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It sure is a year of firsts! Sad to say, I share many of your firsts π¦
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Itβs not great
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First time I read a post from bereavedsingledad … now that is a first! X
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What a bummer….. ππ
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Now at all. Itβs a great first β€οΈ
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Thatβs very kind xxx
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Olala, that’s really a lot of firsts this year! You inspired me to think of the firsts in my life the virus brought to me.
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Look forward to reading that .
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LOL!
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Ohhhh 2020….
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What was the duplicated present???
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Board game.
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I wish I could send you some beach. We are beyond fortunate to live 3 mins drive from one of the most beautiful in Ireland. Here … taste the salt
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Bet itβs stunning
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Absolutely stunning – 3 miles long with lovely dunes, big waves and lots of bird life.
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Wonderful
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It has made us realize how much we can do without. But I think the connection piece (not seeing family and friends) and not doing the simple things we took for granted (bookstores and record stores, running and biking) will make this year forever infamous. Surely taxing on the mental health. ππ±
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It definitely has simplified our lives. Letβs hope the new world is better than the old one.
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