Cold. Chilly. Bone deep chills try to latch onto the warmth of my body, but it finds none.

I am officially back in reality, back at home, in sunny brisk Los Angeles. Back to life, back to reality. No longer on vacation, no longer on break, 2015 officially begins.

Here I am in my usually doing my usual thing. It’ll be my last one for a bit as I try to go back to my creative writing, try to finish my current script which is about 30 or so pages away from being finished. I hope I can just knock it out and forget about it for a while.

Here I am in my spot, this Vesuvius of Boba, Volcano, jotting down my thoughts and my contemplations, working out my fingers like I normally would do. Nothing much has changed, but it feels like everything has changed.

Life is going. Life is flying by as I just type away. Life is fleeting and that is something that I have been noticing in all of my years for writing.

* * *

Daisy stopped in her tracks as she stepped into the shop and saw me adjusting my table. It took a second or two for her to recognize me, but her smile said it all, surprised that I am back. It had been almost two weeks since we’ve seen each other.

She stood there, looking at me, finding words as she took all of me in. I’m back.

“How was your trip?” she asked.

“Cold. How were things here?”

“Cold, but I’m sure not as cold there” in her accented English.

“No, I’m sure it wasn’t.”

“Welcome back,” and she slipped behind the counter into the kitchen.

Quick and sincere, our pleasantries were exchanged and I unpacked the rest of my things from the messenger bag, placing each item on the table one at a time. Phone. Headphones. Laptop.

I sat down and stretched out my fingers, prepping it for the dexterity test it’ll go through with the writing that I planned.

Cubes of ice clanged in the plastic cup. It was my sign that my drink, which I haven’t ordered yet, was being made. Daisy worked with grace behind the counter, putting my usual simple drink together.

I met her at the register.

“How as your Christmas and New Year?”

She laughed. It was a cute laugh, and I couldn’t figure out what was so funny as she answered.

“It was good. I had a good Christmas and New Year. Thank you. $3.54”

Currency was exchanged with smiles along with wishes for a happy new year and with that, Daisy and I went our separate ways. That was the basis of our simple relationship. Nothing but pleasantries.

* * *

I don’t plan to do much today. This weekend will be a continuation of this little mini break that I had. It’ll be my first weekend home with the furkids. It’ll be our own little holiday and I’ll just be there with them. No chores, no work.

It’ll be a lazy weekend after the lazy holiday break that I just had.

Time alone. Time together. Just the three of us. That’s all I need right now and nothing more.

Back to routine. Back to what I’m familiar with, getting to unwind in with no people around before I have to go back to work on Monday and be on.

It’ll be time to go back roaming the hallways, stretching my legs to the soft hums of my mind, thinking about the pages that I need to write, working out the situation in my head and hopefully finding something to take a picture of to fulfill my daily picture quota.

One picture a day and a haiku to go along with it. What did I just get myself into?

It’ll definitely be a challenge. It’ll definitely be something different. So many things to share it with. Let’s see how long it’ll last.

* * *

2015. The Year of the Sheep.

It’ll be my year this year. It’ll be the year of the animal of my horoscope.

I generally don’t believe in things like these, just usually take it with a grain of salt not unlike the daily horoscopes for an Aries. Usually in Chinese Horoscopes, the general rule is when the year is the year of your animal, it’ll be a bad year for you. It just is.

But reading the predictions for this year, it seems like it’ll be a great year for everyone. It’ll definitely be a great year for me and for all Sheeps out there, which I find fascinating.

On all fronts, whether it is career, health, money, relationships, things are great.

Going into this year, I have already known that it’ll be a great year for me. I’ll be starting it with a lot of weight gone. I’ll be starting it as a different person, so right there, it’s already going to be a great year. I have also many travels planned or were thinking of doing already.

But, I’m glad to read that things will be going great. I’m looking forward to it.

I think I read somewhere that relationships would be a good thing for me, having a new found confidence to attract others, but then in the same horoscope it seems that even though relationships are good, keep them casual.

Very contradictory in a sense, but considering how I am in relationships, casual might be better for me.

* * *My hair is driving me a little bonkers right now.