Twenty Twenty One In Review
Looks like I did resolutions in December 2020, at the height of Covid. Now that it’s December 2021, at the height of Covid, it’s time to see how they went.
Get a coronavirus vaccine
Well, I got three of these. I did write that before June would be nice, and behold, May 27, first dose (Pfizer). I was right, it was nice. Managed to get a second dose (Pfizer) on July 17, seven days and ninety minutes before flying to Ireland, who would have made me quarantine if I’d had a second dose earlier than seven days before arrival. Also nice. Third dose (Moderna) on December 12, after some glitch allowed the under-40s to book slightly early. I’ve managed to not - as far as I know - get Covid at all. The UK is currently an Omicron-riddled hellscape and I have to fly there on Sunday so we’ll see how that goes.
Get the holy fuck out of London
Reader, I got the holy fuck out of London. To Dublin, twice. Oh and Galway once (yesterday). Did not go to Canada, Portugal, nobody went to China.
Running
Injury free 2021.
More than 1500km for the year? How about 2,383.4km for the year.
More than 120km/month? Lowest volume month is this one, December, at 148km. Highest was August, 234km, and eight months out of 12 were more than 200km. I ran about 7km at lunchtime almost every day, helped by working from home almost every day. And commute running when the office was open.
I did successfully crack 90 minutes in the half marathon with a 1:28:49 in August, but it’s slightly disappointing as I spent the three weeks prior in Dublin eating constantly.
Got an official 40:08 for 10k in September, but I don’t think I did even that well. Didn’t deserve a sub-40 in that one frankly. Dropped out of another 10k in December for various reasons.
Chinese
Not been the best year for it. Spent time painstakingly translating childrens’ books, and doing flashcards, so I’ve not been static, but time has been at a premium, and things that need prolonged concentration are the easiest to drop. Did not do HSK3, SOAS seem to have dropped it entirely.
Health
Sugar free? Haha, no.
62kg? I actually did weigh this for one day before an upswing, so box checked I guess.
Do not have any more children
Successfully accomplished. Intend to lock this one in surgically next year.
I’m putting in my Canadian permanent residence application next week.
Not strictly a resolution, but this got approved surprisingly quick.