Bah humbug and the end of one hell of a year

 Well, 2020 is almost done. Not going to lie, I've been extremely envious of people in other countries who really haven't had to deal with the weird, BizzaroWorld situation that is the US of A. Or the bible belt for that matter, or Oklahoma. 

As a person who comes from an area that's -Extremely- diverse, this last 4 years has been a really big eye opener and not very pleasant. I would welcome a return to some sort of rational thinking and hopefully some changes for the better. I feel quite caged here because I can't tell these terrible people, how truly terrible I think they are. Because they have a whole arsenal and they're violent. Made more so by their cult like madness. 

 

Sure, some of you might think I'm being a little bit broad in this stroke, that it might be a bit of exaggeration. I really wish it were. I really, really do. 

The year is ending on a hopeful note. I've made some wonderful friends who believe in me, my relationship is still intact, we're doing well emotionally. Which sadly I can't say for a lot of people who don't know how to talk to each other or deal with each other on a daily basis, with nothing else in between.  Ani's mother had to have surgery a few weeks ago, out of state because there were no hospitals in the entire state that could house her. (She needs an ICU when she does go, and this time was especially important) His dad had surprise pancreatitis while she was in the hospital and he too spent a week in care, (They're both fine thankfully), which was a little more scary because he was housed locally and while they're telling everyone on the news that everything is fine, nothing to see here, Every floor had doors decorated with little dots indicating whether they were containing covid19 positive patients or not. There were more that were positive than there weren't. Which is scary considering how many people in my small, rural county don't think it's a big deal. It's unpleasant to be in a place where wearing a mask is completely ostracized and sometimes almost violently responded to in the grocery aisle. I've been cursed at, coughed at and had way more close brushes when simply grabbing an item off the shelf than I'd like to remember. Having reliable grocery pickup options would be wonderful.

We are still saving for moving to somewhere more in line with our own moral ideals and possibly a little bit more sane.. Despite all the ugliness that's been exposed this year, despite how awful people are to each other. There's some hope. We just need to care about each other. We need to think outside of our own personal bubble about the affect we have on others. We need to try to care enough about someone else, with no thought of personal gain, so that maybe 2021 can begin to look up.  

 

I was going to do a holiday scene, but it just didn't feel right. This felt more appropriate for me. Iwanted some way to show off the Lilly gift head from LeLUTKA and I think this does it nicely. Not a single HD layer was used. I wanted to show how well it could work with just BOM and the materials on the HD maps. Happy Holidays, whatever you celebrate this season. And here's to hope for a better year this next go round. 

Love each other, care about one another;

and remember, always make a copy.

♥ Lumi