{"id":16802,"date":"2023-01-02T23:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T22:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/?p=16802"},"modified":"2024-08-03T22:02:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T21:02:30","slug":"2022_in_review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/2023\/01\/02\/2022_in_review\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 in review"},"content":{"rendered":"

January was still very much about covid, but life started getting back to normal in February. We were even able to go on a ski trip in Bran\u00e4s (Day 1<\/a>, day 2<\/a>, day 3<\/a>, day 4<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

In March, when the pandemic was generally more or less over, I got covid<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Luckily I got well enough in time to not miss my ski tour on the Troll trail, which I had really missed during the pandemic. I wasn’t quite at 100% and started coughing as soon as I laughed or talked too much, but I was in good enough shape to ski. (Day 1<\/a>, day 2<\/a>, day 3<\/a>, day 4<\/a>, day 5<\/a>, day 6<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Afterwards I was in a funk for months. I had no energy, struggled to start anything, and instead spent a lot of time curled up in the sofa, reading.<\/p>\n

By summer all traces of covid restrictions were gone, and travel and large gatherings of people were on again. There were conferences at home<\/a> and conferences abroad<\/a>, and end of school celebrations<\/a> and midsummer celebrations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So the world around me was generally back to normal, but my brain didn’t catch up with the new reality for quite a while. I was stuck in stay-at-home, do-nothing mode, and I think there was some kind of residual tiredness after my covid infection as well. After summer I made it a project to get out again. I signed up to an embroidery course<\/a>, and went to a local knitting caf\u00e9 a few times. I made a concerted effort to build good habits<\/a> to get my energy levels up even more. It’s taking time, but it’s working.<\/p>\n

With travel restrictions lifted, we could finally go back to Estonia again to see friends and family. (After we got around the passport renewal logjam<\/a> that occurred when everybody wanted to renew theirs.) We also went to Slovenia, where we climbed a mountain<\/a>, saw scenic valleys<\/a> and stunning caves<\/a> and beautiful Ljubljana<\/a> and pretty Bled<\/a>. Ingrid, who didn’t feel up to a week of walking, stayed at home and took care of Nysse.<\/p>\n

Later in the autumn we visited Amsterdam<\/a>. I also did a solo hike along a section of the Bruksleden trail<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the wider world, the situation in 2022 was dominated by the war in Ukraine<\/a> and an ongoing electricity<\/a> crisis<\/a>, which led us to buying and installing a heat pump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Work-wise I kept working at Urb-it, and enjoying it more and more. It’s a worthy project, with interesting challenges and a great team. We’re still mostly working from home but Wednesdays are office days, and since the summer I make sure to spend one day a week at the tretton37 office as well.<\/p>\n

This was our first full year with Nysse<\/a>. He went from a timid, mostly indoors cat, to a confident explorer. He managed to get lost three times during the year, brought home a mouse and a squirrel and a bird, and made friends with Morris.<\/p>\n

I made two cardigans (one, two<\/a>) and two scarfs<\/a>. Socks I don’t even count any more.<\/p>\n

Our neighbours blasted away half the garden<\/a> and built an ugly house<\/a> and moved in just before the new year.<\/p>\n

November brought snow chaos<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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