It’s been a year since my last post.
Here’s what I’ve been up to:
We Got a Dog!
In June of last year my husband and I adopted an adorable little bichon frisé puppy from the dog&cat rescue near us.
She had been rescued from an animal hoarding situation and had been at the vet for weeks getting surgeries for all the injuries she’d endured. When we got her, she was nearly good as new! We called her Fiadh, which is Irish for ‘deer’. Something about the way she jumps around the place with her tail up like a flag reminded me of a deer frolicking in the woods. She’s going to be two in August this year.

I Got a Job
Found work not far from home, but since March I’ve been working from home due to the Coronavirus. I’m finding working from home to be waaaay better than working at the office. I’d like to stay remote full time.
2020 Happened
I think so far this year can be summed up as ‘what the actual f*ck?’
The pandemic alone is enough, but then on top of that you have how the pandemic was handled.
I’m fortunate to be in Ireland and not back in the US. I’m disgusted with the lack of leadership and attitude of the Federal Government during this crisis. Trump is a despicable human-being. His cronies are despicable humans, and his supporters are fools. I honestly feel like I’m just watching my country burn from afar. It’s sad, to say the very least.
I’ve been pretty ok overall with the quarantine and lockdown. Maybe it’s because I’m really a homebody. I do miss seeing my friends and travelling, but I’m generally content.
I’ve also been FaceTiming a lot more with my Mom, so that’s been nice.
Since I’ve been working the whole time, I still don’t have time to devote hours and hours to a new hobby, but I have started getting a little bit into gardening. Our flowerbeds are lovely and colourful and I’ve started a potted vegetable garden too.
I’m going back to learning piano. My Mom is a piano teacher. Yes, I know, piano teacher’s daughter doesn’t play piano. What can I say? I did violin,flute, guitar, tin whistle, and singing instead. Anyway, it’s good to be back reading music again regularly. I’ve just ordered a Yamaha P-45, so I should hopefully be getting that delivered soon!
Black Lives Matter
BLACK LIVES MATTER
BLACK LIVES MATTER
BLACK LIVES MATTER
Can I be any more clear?
I’m disgusted that in 2020 this still needs to be a thing.
If you’re white, please do the world a favour and educate yourself on Black and POC issues. These are your fellow humans, fellow Americans, your co-workers, people in your community. Stop acting like we’re all the same and are granted the same opportunities. We’re not and there are myriad reasons why. Educate yourself on systemic racism, Jim Crow, Red-lining and a plethora of other policies that are deemed perfectly legal, but are oppressive to non-whites. These things exist and we, as white people, have been benefitting by them.
Look, we all have a hard life sometimes, but being white was never a hindrance to us. This is white priviledge. Let’s use our priviledge in a positive way for once and help amplify the voices of our POC neighbours. Particuarly Blacks, as they are the ones being hurt the most by these systems.
Let’s become aware of our cognitive biases and break them down. Let’s become better people.
Start here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8jUA7JBkF4
I may elaborate more on the above topics in later posts.
This wasn’t the happiest or most entertaining post, but I feel like a short catch up was needed and I also feel like I needed to express where I stand on such an important issue.
Until next time, be kind to one another, be willing to evolve, and stay safe.