Thursday, March 4, 2021

February 2021 in the Rear View Mirror

Kelly:


A PERKY February 2021


Hope was in the air as both Tom and I finally received our second Moderna vaccines, and only I suffered chills and fever for a day or so. Totally worth it! Now if we can keep the new variants at bay . . .


Tom turned 60 but was less enthused than typical for a birthday, since he had a new knee replaced only 2 weeks before then. The family will at least enjoy planning for a bike trip to celebrate in the future - maybe with a grandbaby! Sixty seems like a good age to become a granddad. Eliana Grace is due May 1st. Woohoo! Longest gestation ever with four years of IVF.

As usual, I went overboard in ordering seeds for the garden, because nothing seems more like hope than picturing a successful bounty in the summer. And there’s enough to share, ladies.

I told very few people about my sprucing up my eyelids. The perfect surgeon offered me the perfect price (a $26K discount), and now I have a permanent COVID reminder.

The best of February was the increased family zoom time. At least once a week, we hook up Atlanta and Austin and Seattle and play games or just chit chat. It’s been such a nice thing to see my favorite faces all at one time rather than the usual individual phone calls - which still happen. And Ava’s baby bump is fun to watch get in her way and make her verrrrry sleepy. 

It’s been a cold and wet winter to hunker down against the virus, but it’s warming up, and I yearn for more friend time in Atlanta’s beautiful spring. See you outside!




 Robin:

Robin Hickey

12:22 PM (2 hours ago)
to meEmilyKelly
Mixed bag.  February 2-  You made my birthday fun!!  February 3: I was lucky to get second covid shot.  February 5  5am awakened by head spinning.  The rest was rough.

Pam:

Got that number 2 Covid shot on Feb. 1. Hooray!

Mom got to go home after two months away overcoming Covid. Hooray! 

I got to meet an ambitious goal to ride 65 miles on my bike for my 65th birthday. So happy Fred got to go along for every inch of the way. Hooray!

I had a super nice month!