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Lost Things

 I recently read a poem, "In the Museum of Lost Objects" by Rebecca Lindenberg.  Apparently there are such museums.

Anyway it got me thinking. Does anyone else feel as though they have lost the entire year, 2020? It's been occuring to me that even though 2021 is more than half over, I am still have a hard time putting the '21 date on things.

I think I want a do over, a time reset. It just doesn't seem fair that we have to be a year older when a year was wasted.

Consider this my official letter of complaint to Father Time and I am definitely leaving a poor review on YELP.

Comments

  1. MaebemeAugust 9, 2021 at 6:52 PM

    I'm not sure as though I feel like I've lost a year but I have missed being able to travel. I've planned a day trip for this week, and when I told my son I said I felt I hadn't been away forever. He said, except for going out to my daughter's (which isn't like a vacation at all), I haven't been away for nearly two years.

    But if your complain process goes well, I'd definitely be appreciative of the return of the time spent hunkering down at home. :)

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  2. Linda ReederAugust 9, 2021 at 8:08 PM

    I guess I am unusual in that I don't feel like I lost a year. Maybe it's because the year was eventful enough for me, having two surgeries to prepare for and recover from. Not being able to go anywhere worked just fine.

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  3. Linda MyersAugust 9, 2021 at 10:53 PM

    I spent almost all of 2020 in Tucson, where we have a small place. It was mostly because our Washington house was being remodeled so we had nowhere to stay. But it felt like I lived there. And then, in May of this year, we came back to Washington. I feel a little bit crooked. Where do I live now?

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  4. JoaredAugust 10, 2021 at 4:08 AM

    I don't really feel as though I've lost a year but can understand how someone might feel that way. I would settle for a "make good" if there was a chance of regaining the time.

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  5. Jenn JilksAugust 10, 2021 at 7:19 AM

    I don't feel it's a lost year. We've had the grandies for 35 weeks. We've learned a lot of keeping safe and preventing illness. I;ve been happy out playing in my forest, too!

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  6. Arkansas PattiAugust 10, 2021 at 8:46 AM

    Where is the petition? I'll sign it. Since I've reached the age of limited years left, I really hate to lose or waste one.

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  7. RianAugust 10, 2021 at 7:58 PM

    I guess I don't feel that I've lost a year... more like we've been in limbo for over a year... not knowing if things are going to get better or get worse. Still don't know. But people are resilient, and if we just bear with it, do the things we need to do to take care of each other, we'll be alright. That's how I feel anyway.

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  8. BarbaraAugust 10, 2021 at 9:15 PM

    I agree. I have a very hard time writing 2021. Besides the Pandemic, 2020 was the year I did ___? I can't remember. I think maybe I sat in my rocker all year.

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  9. gigi-hawaiiAugust 12, 2021 at 11:25 AM

    Hahaha. Man, you have a problem if you cannot remember that awful 2020.

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  10. KayAugust 16, 2021 at 8:20 PM

    I feel as you do, Olga, especially since we weren't able to travel to see my children and their families. We are so far away. So many of our activities have been curtailed.

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