Requiem for Fall'21

- receiving unexpected gift packages from my dear friends from my home country
- celebrating 3 weddings
- walking on a wet grass of a golf course at night with C.
- going to Molchat Doma show through facetime with my friend
- traveling to Maine for a wedding and enjoying cold weather and windy beach
- running to a bar that was closing in 20 minutes as the only hope to get dinner and enjoying, shoutout to a bartender who was very kind and got our order
- swimming in an outdoor pool in Maine in October
- accidentally dropping Biscuit’s leash and surviving him running away (he ran straight home where we re-united)
- spending time and re-uniting with friends
- leaving Biscuit with my friends D. and S. who’ve been so sweet to him and made it worry-free for us
- going to a baby shower for the first time
- saying goodbye to dear to heart co-workers (who became friends) as they move on to next adventures
- going to Dan Deacon show (first show since 2019) where I cried, laughed and felt so many emotions at the same time
- learning how to send packages to far away land (Belarus)
- trying out coaching and learning a lot about myself
- enjoying seeing my parents running around with Biscuit
- getting out of my comfort zone and attending networking dinner with wonderful ladies in product
- finding a new favorite wine
- watching dance show non-stop and dreaming about learning to dance
- getting a free pastry from a kind barista on one of my days of walking around the city
- learning to make rough puff pastry
- visiting my old apartment building and feeling very nostalgic
- finding my co-worker’s business cards in the most random places in the office
- saying yes to C. - my best friend, the person I love, the person who I am so happy to share moments with <3

short version: Skuibi - Keep Going

Requiem for Summer'21

- organizing a surprise for my Dad and spending a weekend in New York with parents
- allowing Biscuit on the couch on a special blanket and enjoying lazy evenings with him
- coming to a rally to meet Svetlana Tsihanouskaja
- getting a promotion that I worked so hard for
- celebrating 1 year with Biscuit
- working with a team on a hackathon project and winning Community Impact award
- winning Teameo and feeling so unexpectedly excited about it
- spending 2 weeks with C. family relaxing on a lake
- enjoying friends visits, visiting friends and all the time together ; feeling especially hungry spending time with people after so many months of pandemic
- being excited for my dear friends V and D on welcoming their son to this world
- experiencing tears of joy knowing about people being freed
- taking ferry rides
- meeting new people - there was a day when I met a barista, a surfer and a lady firefighter in one day!
- cooking Molly Baz recipes
- getting a surprise package with Belarus photobook
- having emotional roller coasters

Requiem for Spring'21

- getting vaccinated at Ford Foundation and celebrating science
- hanging out at Times Square with the team and celebrating Vimeo spin off and feeling so extremely proud of the accomplishment of so many people who built the company
- enjoying my morning commute to the office
- continuing to believe that my home country - Belarus - will be free 🤍❤️🤍
- greeting all the office facilities people and trying to hold off hugging them
- visiting Philly for a real get-together with friends and meeting Dyno
- releasing 2 huge projects both of which feel like a defining moment in my career (I couldn’t be more proud and grateful for the team)
- going to my first ever open house
- having a surprise visit from Olya
- playing Stardew Valley with C.
- presenting at a company Townhall and then receiving overwhelmingly sweet response from colleagues
- celebrating Maslenitca with Regina and Rustem (yes, in March) with homemade blini
- sobbing in the middle of Oculus when meeting Anya after over a year of quarantine
- exploring Prospect Park
- bringing Biscuit to my favorite place - Rockaway Beach early in the morning
- cross-stitching while listening to podcast to relax my mind
- giving so many belly rubs to Biscuit
- meeting many of my coworkers for the first time in real life
- hosting a girls dinner (and learning to cook along the way)
- finding out that James Murphy is our neighbor (kind of…)
- exploring new LIC park early in the morning
- celebrating my niece’s Maya’s 3rd birthday with the family
- receiving a surprise package from Hanna from LA
- reading and learning a lot (including taking IDEO course)

Short version: This one goes out to the one I've left behind , another prop has occupied my time