By the end of 2022
the airlines were still in a terrible mess of cancelled
flights, stranded passengers, ruined vacations and lost
luggage. We had five vaccinations for covid by the end
of 2022 and had experienced a fairly mild case of it ourselves
in July 2022 (in addition to one in January of 2021, I believe,
that happened before they were diagnosing the virus). We
got flu vaccine both years as well, and although covid has
been increasing in China subsequent to their lifting of
lockdowns and restrictions, we haven't seen a spread of new
and dangerous variants yet.
2023
January 1st.
Note:
This is my digital diary. With props to my journalist niece
for framing the concept, this is me being my own
journalist. Too many people live largely uncelebrated
and die largely unremembered; everyone else is too consumed
with their own lives to make a big deal of yours, so if you
want to celebrate and you want to be remembered by current
friends and maybe also by distant descendants, you have to
record your own life. I have ancestors about which we
are very curious but who left very little behind to help us
know them. I have a few friends who blog about their
lives and travel, and that helps to keep them in my thoughts
and up to date on their lives, so I know that it is a positive
and useful pursuit.