Y11 D366

Here it is, the end of Y11. It was 11 years ago that I sat in a bar by the beach and wrote my first ever post. Roughly 4000 posts later here we are. 3000 miles away from that starting point. Light years away mentally for sure. I'm not that person any more. I'm not the person I was for a lot of these posts. Some years have been good, some not the best decisions were made. Remember 2010? Now there were some questionable life choices. Yet, here I am. Sitting in my house doing okay. It took a lot to get here. I never thought I would be back in a stable position like this. I honestly didn't know what would become of me 11 years ago. If you had said you'd be in MI well that right there would have made me laugh. Heck, 5 years ago I would have laughed at that. Of course none of us who were asked in 2015 where do you see yourself in 5 years got the answer right, now did we? Sheltered in place during a pandemic certainly wasn't at the top of the list of responses. But here we all are in that respect. State of the world aside, this year has been okay. B has gotten herself closer to being okay as have I. I don't have the social group I need yet but it's good. I am still working through all that. Materially my life is much better than it was 11 years ago even if sometimes I don't see it and miss stupid things. I've seen more of the world in the last 11 years than the 10 prior. Australia, London, Canada, France, Netherlands - these have all been in the last decade. More than most. It's all good. I am worried about the world. I hope things right themselves. I hope capitalism in its current form takes a big hit and things gets revamped. Doubtful, but I still have hope. Got to have hope, right? Hope is what took me from being alone in a bar unsure of the future to being stable in a nice house with a loving partner. Got to keep Hope, otherwise, what's the point?

Did pretty much nothing yesterday which was nice. Cleaned the grill so we could have the traditional midwest memorial day inaugral bbq. Just made burgers. Didn't do anything fancy. More the principle. It's finally nice here. AC has been kicking in. If the world calms down a bit, B will probably head to the cabin for a few days. Can't say as I blame her. I will go for 2-3 days at a time whereas she wants to stay for a couple of weeks. Now that we have two cars, not a problem. See? 11 years ago summer lake trips were NOT on my radar. Ha.

Have a class today and tomorrow. Three students but it's better than nothing. Unfortunately they're 11:30 - 7:30. That part sucks. But I am billable and it means no one will bug me for two days. Can't complain about that.