Here we are. Here we go.

2022.

Let’s go.

I’m not sure how this post is going to go, since it is the 23rd and I’m still “working” because of how the days lined up this year.

I’m down in LA, not going anywhere this year even though I was totally fine driving up again…maybe that not fine since I was just up there for most of September.

But willing.

2022.

How was it?

Honestly?

It could be worse.

It wasn’t bad.

It was a glimmer of hope that things are getting better and back to some sort of bearable normalcy that mimics the days of yore….and those days are “pre-pandemic” days.

There were many things that made it feel like any other year and that’s what I’m holding onto.

Here we go.

I’m not sure how this year’s bah humbug to all is going to go. I usually break it up into section, but like last year, I have no motivation for much of anything anymore.

So, here we go…..

Overall, the year ended up being pretty good.

On a global scale, it seems like the conservative bullshit is still there, but slowly dying.

Life strives as we tackle Covid and emerge from the pandemic better prepared. It’s still not over, but things are manageable.

For me, life got back on track with travel, work, and just something more bearable and that I’m quite okay with.

Work.

I’m not going to spend time here.

Still, FUCK WORK.

It’s gotten better.

I was able to finish the Crew Admin project that I was stuck on. I had to get some vendor help, but it’s finished.

I’ve settled on a routine and go into the office a couple of days a week or when things really come up and I’m totally okay with it.

Galette is pretty good at being home alone, so I’m not really worried about that anymore.

Projects come up. I finish or work on it.

Work is work.

I’m happy that I still have a job and a steady income, so I really can’t complain much.

2023

Let’s make it more manageable and better for me and my mental health, please?

I TRAVELED THIS YEAR.

And it was just the medicine to cure my old friend.

I definitely needed to fill this wanderlust thirst of mine. Being stuck at home for the past two years definitely killed me.

That changed this year with my trips.

Hawaii.

Nashville.

Home Home.

Napa.

There weren’t that many trips, but there were trips and that’s all that matters.

I got to explore a few cities that I never been too and experience a few new things.

2023.

What do you have in store?

I know for sure another Hawaii trip is booked and a trip home.

What else is there?

Napa for sure.

Paso for sure.

Anything else? Time will tell.

2023

Let’s keep wanderlusting.

Family.

2022 had been a great year for family too.

Home home was great.

Was able to hang out with a lot of family and make my rounds.

Galette was able to bond more with my mom and bro, which prompted them to get a new dog, Misu!

My bro finally got his Bernadoodle and she’s the cutest thing.

I hope they bring them as much joy as my little furkids brought me happiness and peace in my life.

Overall, there was great family time this year with uncles, aunts, cousins…everyone.

The past two years confirm that I do miss family and I need them in my life.

There are times when I catch myself thinking of moving back or going back more often.

Who knows?

Who. Knows?

2023….let’s family it up.

Let’s family it up.

Projects.

Nonexistent.

No motivation.

2022. It’s the year I got back into gaming.

I got a PS5 this year and I haven’t played this much video games since I was a kid and maybe when I was back in college with the original Playstation.

Something that I needed. Something mindless and it keeps me mindful, only focusing on the game at that time.

It has become my meditation.

Cooking use to be my meditation.

In a way it still is, but with this new diet, I haven’t really been cooking much.

Health.

It has been good this year.

No scared.

I think I found out what was causing my urine issue and that may have to do with my diet. It’s fucking weird, but let’s go with that.

I decided to start eating clean after my yearly physical. I mainly did a Whole 30 and then cut out white rice and saw that my cholesterol dropped 40 points.

I’ve been pretty much off rice and many of the foods that comes with rice (Asian food), for the most part, for the year. There are days where I would cheat and do eat rice or rice products, but they are very few and far between.

It’s been an experiment this year. I’m curious to see what my cholesterol would be from the physical in the next month or two.

It seems that rice and some gluten give me stomach issues. Inflamed intestines, trapped gas, stomach cramps, bloating, constipation. I still don’t know what specifically sets it off, but it’s something.

Am I exercising? Not much.

I walk as I normally do with Galette and try to get some hiking trips in, but there aren’t many.

2023, more hiking please.

2023.

Let’s get healthier…

Pets.

They both have been marvelous this year.

Relish is healthy and have always been a sweet darling bitch that takes no shit and loves me on her own terms.

There are some crusty stuff and bites on her, but I don’t know if they are dust mites or fleas.

Galette really came into her own this year and we’ve pretty much settled on a routine. She’s still a handful, but things are getting easier.

I don’t know if it is me tolerating her and knowing her better or if she’s actually getting better, but hoping things continue on this trajectory.

2023.

Let’s continue on!

Socializing.

It happens, but not as much.

Just the right amount.

Gotten to know a few people in the office better and that’s all that matters and that’s all that I can handle.

2023.

Maybe a little more?

Possibly?

Who knows?

2022.

You were a kick-off year.

An ease-in year to get us back on track and out of the pandemic.

Overall, it was a blessed year and the kind of year that I needed after the two fucking horrible years that we all just had.

I hope 2023 continues on and gets better.

2022.

I bid you adieu and a farewell.

2023.

Bring It.