Frankly, my enthusiasm for 2021 is far less than it was about this time last year. However, in order to prove to myself that life is worth living simply for the stories, I will continue to document the first experiences as they come.
January
– Witnessed and attack on the nation’s Capitol building [Post]
– I know a murderer now? Patric Ferguson’s story [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] [Part 6]
– Not being present for a nephew’s birth [Post]
– Completing a full D&D character bio [Post]
February
– Enjoyed the icy/snowy weather as an adult [Post]
– Writing my first D&D campaign (WIP) [Post]
– Bought a self-help book [Post]
– Used a mouth guard overnight
– Downloaded Instagram [Post]
– First time on my patio since moving in (over a year now)
– Snow angel as an adult
– Ami’s first time in the snow (she was sad and confused)
– Roof collapsing from snow [Post]
March
– Reddit link I shared was deleted
– Out in public-public during pandemic (bad, I know)
– Riding in a Tesla
– Went to Red Door and 3 Crows Bar
– On a PIP for work
– Scored “needs improvement” on my yearly evaluation for work
– Felt genuinely happy and comfortable that my brother is marrying Bria (look, it took a while and a few outings, but we finally got there)
– Purchased from Boohoo for the first time [Post]
– Purchased from Shein for the first time [Post]
April
– Found my first (and then several more) grey hairs [Post]
– First week-long vacation while in my current role (we launched Oct. 2019)
– Bought my first issue of The Atlantic magazine
– Cleaning vacuum spindle (gross, but necessary!)
– Played Easter Bunny and delivered baskets and hid eggs for the niece and nephew (so cute!)
– Bought a plant for my living space
May*
– Wore a tanktop as a shirt in public
– Jobless for a length of time
June*
– Killed a plant in my living space
– Bought, prepared, and consumed my first pineapple
– Drove a sit-down PIT
– Virtual concert (BTS)
– Hooked up speakers to laptop (didn’t know it could do that!)
– Multiple body parts pierced in a single setting
– New record for total piercings in one setting (4)
– Went to a tattoo shop by myself for my own appointment
– Spent a month’s rent worth on nerd shit
– Know my neighbor’s name and had an actual conversation with them
– “TT made me buy it”
– Dialed 911 fr fr
July*
– Brother confronted my about my self-deprecating and “42” jokes.
– Trying pupusas
– Googling “anal prolapse” because I was basically dying
– Drunken, head-banger of a party alone in my kitchen while frying potatoes
– Stood up to Earnest, blocked his number, and deleted that number (no more “zzz not again” whatever; he’s gone-gone!)
– Watched a live YouTube Premier (BTS’s “Permission to Dance” MV)
– Witnessed a PIT falling out of a building at work
– Witnessed an even dumber situation involving PIT to correct the first PIT at work
– Unloaded a paper load and used forklift extenders
– Whole head professionally bleached (and spent 10 hours getting it done, no lie)
– Car flooded and I nearly ran off the road during a rainstorm
– Visited a brick-and-mortar KPop Shop K-pop N’ More
– Photocard trading event (though I was not prepared to participate that day)
– Boba
– In a bridal shop (for my mom’s mother-of-the-groom dress shopping)
– Purchased furniture to be delivered to my house
– Bought multiple versions of the same album (about that K-Pop life)
August
– Purchased a photocard from a FB trade group (re: about that life now)
– Posted a product question on amazon.com (can’t run from the machine)
– Broke a heel off a shoe
– Bought multiple copies of multiple versions of the same album (re: re: that life)
– First nephew’s first day of kindergarten
– Filing a formal complaint over an overtly sexist conversation in the workplace
– Tickets to first K-Pop artist (Monsta X – Feb 2022 – so stoked)
*Although the hiatus was happening online, offline I was very much active in jotting down my first experiences. I’ve copied over the notes on my phone and will work to write posts for each story worth telling.
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