ANA Y2 D366

Here we are gentle readers, the end of another year. For 14 years I have been writing this. Longer than my last marriage. Longer than any pet or person has really been in my life save a small handful of few who have been here since the start. To watch this crazy journey of redemption, failure, diversity, oh who the fuck am I kidding. 14 years of banal musings from the mind of a mad person. Let's just call it what it is. The trite daily existence of a small person on a big blue marble. But some day, someone might read this and get some insight into what my life has all been about. Some day. What have we accomplished in the last year? Let's see. No big cross country trips. But we did got to Traverse for the cherry festival. We went to Tennessee. My octopus tattoo. New one in a few weeks. We went to Grand Rapids twice. Once for our anniversary then again for New Years. Anniversary was fun, new years not so much. Got to spend Christmas with C's family and felt included which was nice. Had a good year with an actual partner who treats me with kidness and respect. Had multiple dinner parties. Painted rooms in the house. Went to Death Grips and Fat Rascal. Did two onsites with clients. That was a huge milestone and step forward for me. To actually go onsite to clients. Started showing myself more on camera to clients. I will take that as a big win in the last year for sure. Built my cloest room. Which I worked on yesterday too with a little furniture rearranging. We got the 3D printer and learned how to make our own stuff which includes a label tape dispenser for the kitchen which we made yesterday. Went to the car show and got disappointed. Still not divorced. Got to take care of that sooner rather than later. Oh duh, got a new car in December. That was a pretty big milestone. Celebrated C's birthday. Dyed my hair a few times. Saw a full solar eclipse. Watched the world fall farther apart and get even more divided. A busy year for sure.

It's raining outside right now. Been raining for hours. Supposed to keep raining for a few more hours and then taper off until tomorrow. I feel for all the people who had lake weekend plans. At least no plans got ruined for us. C has worked every day this weekend and will be working today too. We made homemade pizza last night with a new flour blend. It worked pretty darn well to be honest. Thin crust but it cooked nicely and made for a good flatbread style pizza. I think next time I will add a little more yeast, a little more water, and a little more flour. We had just enough to make two, but not enough to make me happy. I can hear the rain slowing down outside. Very zen. Also shows me I need to order a ladder so I can get on the roof and clean my gutters. That's what each year is about now. No crazy stories. No wild nights drunken and passed out on the streets. Nope. It's about cleaning my gutters and trying to live my best life. I am hoping the next year sees surgeries and further movement on that front. It would be nice to finally cross the last hurdle and get something taken care of down there. Plus get divorced, again. Who knows what else this next year has in store for me. At least it will be an adventure.