Goodbye 2020! (The short and sweet version)

Congratulations! 

We made it to the end of the greatest dumpster fire of a year imaginable!

As horrible as this year has been it hasn't been all bad.

The COVID-19 pandemic is raging, claiming the lives of over 330,000 Americans, infecting millions, and devastating millions of families world wide. 

Wildfires ravaged Australia and California.

Countries across the world went on lockdown.

The world watched in horror as George Floyd was murdered. And again as we saw Ahmaud Arbury stalked and murdered as he was simply out for a jog.  And yet again as we saw the body camera footage of Breonna Taylor, a young woman who was simply asleep in her bed, being murdered by police issuing a no knock warrant.  We saw these things and we rose up.  We protested.  We marched.  We stood up, united together, and screamed "Black Lives Matter!"

November 3rd was the day that tens of millions of us were waiting for here in the United States.  It was election day and we were demanding a change. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic both the election campaigns and voting were very different.  We voted early, both in person and by mail.  At the end of a crazy week of ballot counting, Trump temper tantrums, and very long days/nights for Steve Kornacki, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are now the President and Vice President-elect, respectively.  We rose up and made our voices heard.  We voted out a tyrant in the making.  We, the people, decided to take our country back from Donald Trump and his band of thieves and villans.  Trump lost the Electoral College, taking only 232 votes to Joe Biden's 306. Biden won the popular vote, raking in over 81 million votes. This amazing victory meant that Kamala Harris smashed the glass ceiling by being elected the first African American and Indian American woman to the office of Vice President. 

Oh, I forgot one little thing.  In August, Jesse, a.k.a. Greatest Boyfriend Ever, decided he didn't want me to be his girlfriend anymore. He thought asking me to be his wife had a much better ring to it! So, after asking him if he was joking, (yes, I really did that) I emphatically and positively said yes! 

Everyone, I wish you a happy, healthy, and safe new year. May 2021 bring peace, happiness and prosperity to all.