{"id":28720,"date":"2020-12-31T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T13:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=28720"},"modified":"2021-05-22T14:42:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T14:42:16","slug":"goodbye-2020-hello-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/goodbye-2020-hello-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Photos taken 31 December 2002, posted online 22 May 2021. Attended an actual gymnastics competition this morning, there were people there. Yes, masked and sitting far apart, but still, people!<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As per instructions from the Icelandic authorities, the new year’s eve party at Finnur’s parents was a lot smaller than in past years, but good fun was had nonetheless! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were all excited to say goodbye to the general shit-show that had been 2020, and the annual comedy hour that evening (see youtube with English subtitles<\/a>, recommend 11:57<\/a>, and I identified so hard with 33:52<\/a>) was the best it’s been in years, in my humble opinion. (35-ish images total)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 31 December 2020<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Yay for 2021!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Actual guests!! And not my house!!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Finnur helpfully making his parents look taller.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cousins chilling on the sofa.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Outside for a bit of star-lighting while waiting for dinner to be ready.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Anna was there!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dinner time!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Fireworks from the yard! I moved a sun-brella stand down from the upper-yard, but managed to sort of drop it on my toe, and limped through the rest of the night. Thankfully the toe recovered quickly.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Emma got in on the write-with-star-lights-game.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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There is a large empty area below the street, that is a popular venue for people shooting up large “cakes”.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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I walked down to the area to see what was going on, and found a car and some people arranging fireworks and then BOOM!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Yeah, baby!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The air was already beginning to muggy-up, and it was only 22:15 (10:15 pm)! <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Then it was the annual comedy hour, and then some more fireworks!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Hey, I got a glowstick!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Anna playing it cool.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Glowsticks being readied.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bjarki glow-ed up.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The people down below kept going!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Excitement mounts!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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It was a pretty sight.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Finnur got to light one himself. The younger kids now insist on lighting most of them.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Always good to have a steady source of fire on hand.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The show kept going.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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All the colors!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The super-long star-lights are the most fun, methinks.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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It just didn’t stop!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Safety first.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Street-lights have nothing on this!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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First old-folks photo in 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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We managed to round of four of us for a 2021 photo, Emma had escaped inside.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Burn baby, burn! I made it a mission to try and burn most of the tiny star-lights, as we tend to forget them and they end up in our garage for years on end.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Toasting in the new year!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Happy 2021 everybody!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Photos taken 31 December 2002, posted online 22 May 2021. Attended an actual gymnastics competition this morning, there were people there. Yes, masked and sitting far apart, but still, people!<\/em>]<\/p>\n

As per instructions from the Icelandic authorities, the new year’s eve party at Finnur’s parents was a lot smaller than in past years, but good fun was had nonetheless! <\/p>\n

We were all excited to say goodbye to the general shit-show that had been 2020, and the annual comedy hour that evening (see youtube with English subtitles<\/a>, recommend 11:57<\/a>, and I identified so hard with 33:52<\/a>) was the best it’s been in years, in my humble opinion. (35-ish images total)<\/p>\n

Thursday 31 December 2020<\/h3>\n
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Yay for 2021!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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