2019

Getting to the end of 2019 was a journey. Kind of a marathon, really. Lots of friends, lots of art, lots of holidays...

I did my best to skip Halloween this year (mostly). It's not my favorite holiday, and I only really like dressing up if I have a good costume -- which I don't like putting effort into. I usually try to do something anyway, even if I don't dress up, but this year I made a conscious effort to skip it -- and, then ended up at a gathering on Halloween night anyway (but, it was really more of just a hangout). :)

Then, I managed to attend like 5 Thanksgivings. They were all full of great friends, new friends, and old friends, and were all delightful. :)

Christmas was in Illinois with my extended family. We were supposed to caravan up to Michigan to spend it at my cousin's place, but her daughter got sick, so we stayed in Illinois. It was quiet and simple, and especially lovely to be with my grandparents this year.

And then I went straight into a challenging, yet fun and successful, New Years with a friend in LA. We went from a bad Airbnb to a great hotel, to a supposed Yacht party that ended up being a strange (but fun) Ferry ride, and ended with some good museum time and a very cool virtual reality arcade.

I reconnected, got inspired, injured myself in aerial class, learned new things about me... and, now here we are in 2020. :)