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 Branäs (Day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4.)
In March, when the pandemic was generally more or less over, I got covid.
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, day 2, day 3, day 4, day 5, day 6.)
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.
By summer all traces of covid restrictions were gone, and travel and large gatherings of people were on again. There were conferences at home and conferences abroad, and end of school celebrations and midsummer celebrations.
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, and went to a local knitting café a few times. I made a concerted effort to build good habits to get my energy levels up even more. It’s taking time, but it’s working.
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 that occurred when everybody wanted to renew theirs.) We also went to Slovenia, where we climbed a mountain, saw scenic valleys and stunning caves and beautiful Ljubljana and pretty Bled. Ingrid, who didn’t feel up to a week of walking, stayed at home and took care of Nysse.
Later in the autumn we visited Amsterdam. I also did a solo hike along a section of the Bruksleden trail.
In the wider world, the situation in 2022 was dominated by the war in Ukraine and an ongoing electricity crisis, which led us to buying and installing a heat pump.
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.
This was our first full year with Nysse. 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.
I made two cardigans (one, two) and two scarfs. Socks I don’t even count any more.
Our neighbours blasted away half the garden and built an ugly house and moved in just before the new year.
November brought snow chaos.