January 2024
2024 - a new Year
Today is a day of reflection. We look at today as a clean slate, leave the past behind us. Can we really do that?
2023 was a trying year at best. Some of the events we dealt with don't go away just because the calendar changed.
Financial issues are still there January 1st.
Legal and emotional issues are still there.
Medical issues don't even know what year it is.
Then there are those that won't be here to celebrate the new year. They won't be here for any of the holidays. You will have to deal with that emotional trauma for every holiday. You will have to come home from work, knowing they won't be there to greet you. So how is this a clean slate?
It isn't. It is a new chapter. You can't remove a chapter in a book. You can make different decisions going forward, with the knowledge of the previous chapters. You can repeat the same mistakes, or learn from them. It really is a new chapter that you and only you can create.
I hope everyone has a Happy New Years.
January 1, 2024
Take one step forward. Make your bed.
Today is a new day, a new month and a new year.
Trust in God, trust in your faith the path He has you on.
Don't focus on the past, memorialize it, celebrate it, be thankful for it.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Happy New Year!
I am thankful today that He gave me Javier and huge network of friends and family. I still have issues being around so many people, but I am getting better at socializing, at least for a few hours.
I love how much he cares for me in little ways. With all the medical issues I have, Javier is always asking how I feel. He knows when I need to slow down and allows that.
Today, we celebrated with friends and family. After too many hours, Ivanna and I needed our quiet time upstairs. I think we both start to get crabby when there are too many people around us for too long.
~D~
January 2, 2024
Fun start to the day was bloody nose. Woke up right in time because it was a bad one. I see the ENT in two weeks, so maybe we can figure something out.
When that finally stopped, I was able to do my morning routine - make the bed, take a shower, and go eat.
I still have a lot of pain - it is the worst when I turn in bed.
I made the girls pizza for lunch and then started working on organizing stuff for the business. My mind as been so off lately, I want to make sure 2024 starts with correct information. I can't sit too long, so I do a little then walk a little. Most of the time I go to look for something and get totally side tracked and for get what I was doing on the computer. Today's distraction was the vacuum. I needed to clean some chips the girls dropped, and the vacuum wasn't working the best... which normally means it is clogged. After taking it apart way too much, I had to ask for help.
Then the girls built forts on my bed, and didn't want to go downstairs at 10pm.
OH, one more thing - I have been using Google Podcasts for so long and they are shutting it down this year. I hate learning new things - any suggestions?
~D~