So, we got the vaccine, the kids (sort of) went back to school, and everytime we had a "huge party" we ended up with new variants and outbreaks. Still, we managed to get through the year. We are hoping the chip shortages end (along with all the other shortages) and are hoping next year we don't get backcountry permits cancelled again by wildfires. Or earthquakes. Or new variants.
Let's just hope we get through the year!
Amanda – First-year student, EATM (Exotic Animal Training and
Management) @ Moorpark College
She cleans the animals’ rooms more often than her own.
Learned the only thing worse than working in customer
service during a pandemic is trying to buy a car during a pandemic.
Asked Todd, “Remember when we lived in New York and
kept peasants in the freezer.”
Is a self-proclaimed pretzel slut.
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Julia –2021 Graduate - BSN (California State University - Long
Beach), licensed RN
Graduated from ANGEL STADIUM and passed her nursing
exams to become NURSE JULIA!!!
Ask her to sing HER VERSION of the song “Down Under”
by Men at Work.
Still requires a crossing guard to keep her alive.
Quote: “I
wish we had juice, but all we have is alcohol.”
Allison – College Junior (California State University Long Beach -
Marine Biology)
Missed her doctors so much that she recently started rock
climbing.
Is easily startled by bubble wrap.
Transferred to Long Beach to (yet again) copy her
older sister.
Sometimes acts as a Long Beach crossing guard for her
sister.
Discovered Matthew lacks self-preservation on their
ill-fated 2-hour Joshua Tree camping trip.
Matthew – High School Junior (St Bonaventure High School)
Will text the phrase “Sad Matthew Noises” if you send
him a text he does not appreciate or approve of.
In a bold culinary move, Matthew announced that after
17 years he has decided that he like eggs.
Did not listen to his sister Allison at Joshua Tree
when she said, “Hey, maybe don’t jump off that rock.”
Was diagnosed with a non-fatal “boo-boo” by nurse Julia
who bandaged the resulting “grievous injury.”
Bucky – age 14 ½ - Elder Dog, Answers to any name if you have
food, “Wow! He’s still alive?”
Were shocked to learn Bucky had a biological reason
for his excessive laziness (his thyroid quit working!)
The entire floor of the kitchen is the new number one
item on his list of “Foods that must be tried.”
In his old age, we discovered he can only successfully
enter a car butt first.
Has added his empty food bowl, any closed door, and boxes at the door to his list of “Things that must be barked at.”
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