Here there are no droughts, disease, or famine, and peace is everlasting. All in all, I still get to work with infectious diseases and in high containment facilities and I still love doing those things.Īnd now we can look at books I read this month.Synopsis: Cerys is safe in the kingdom of Aloriya. However, the work we are doing has made my work life very different and, in some ways, very hard and discouraging. It is satisfying and encouraging to be so well thought of. There have been some things going on that have been great and I am working with one lady who is mentoring some of my team who is SO complimentary about my work and my abilities. And I'm still a little in awe of the fact that he wants to marry me and I am very happy. So we have not made any real plans, but we need to wait until life seems more normal so we can have all our friends and families present wherever and whenever the wedding happens. But mostly I have found that planning a wedding is difficult during a pandemic and when our families live in different areas of the country. It has been a bit over a month since Kevin and I got engaged. I am thinking that he will be named Marshmallow. So it seems that he is unofficially officially staying. I made vet appointments to have a check up/vaccines and also to get him neutered ASAP. Except we are buying him toys and food and litter and everything kittens need.

We took in a kitten on New Year's eve that we are nearly positive our neighbors dumped (they had a cat and suddenly they don't anymore). Hades always wanted to be up there with them of course. When I was home to supervise him, that is, because I was afraid he would fall from the top levels of the cage that his brothers were occupying. On the plus side, I managed to finally get all three of them in the same cage without any problems or fighting! So Hades got to spend most of his last days with both of his brothers. He declined and left us very quickly and it seemed like he didn't suffer much if at all. We lost handsome little Hades during the month, which was very sad. I also have officially completed my Covid vaccination series, which is very exciting! I feel more proud to be an American than I have during the last four years. But I am overjoyed by the administration changes and the steps that have been taken in the right directions. If I can find a good way to do so, I will, but only so I can make sure that I am reading diversely. I saw other people tracking such things last year. I think I did pretty well last year and I already have some good lists for this year. It’s a small thing, but I want to take steps towards being a better ally. Also books by/about LBGTQA+ authors/characters.

Something I forgot to mention in my yearly wrap up and goals for this year was my intention to make sure I read books by diverse authors and especially Black authors and/or about Black people and other POC and women.

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