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Another year, another excuse
Well, I am now 41, which is going to be hard to remember because I've been thinking of myself as (almost) 40 for multiple years now, and it's not interesting like 42. I feel highly unprepared to write something introspective; I have been battling clutter with losses on both sides, rediscovered my writing process, lost it again, and am struggling to get it back (my latest to-do list included "think about [character]"), and my crafting internet-friend-group has been put through the wringer & is part-way through restructuring itself. My other internets are mostly-silent (here) or drowning in apocalypse (twitter), and my irl friend groups are largely busy in other places than I am. There's a lot of losing touch and shifting things going on, and I haven't figured out what I want to do about it, besides "something."
My goals going forward are continuations: continue writing, continue decluttering, continue walking up hills twice a school day, continue slowly getting around to the things I want done. Read books. Get sleep. Coax my brain into working better (always) and the Megatherium into doing her homework/chores/etc less painfully. Oh, and I want to plant some chestnut trees out at the annex come spring.
Our baselines are way up from last year, at least... grauwulf is doing pretty darn well; he's gone back to barely sleeping in the last month or so, but otherwise is a functional adult (yay!) and while the Megatherium has taken to sudden fits of tears or belligerent denials when told to do basic tasks like get dressed or help clean things, we (mostly I, but she did help) cleared out enough of her room that I can vacuum 2/3 of the floor that doesn't have furniture on it. She has also been watching The Zoo (behind-the-scenes doccumentary at the Bronx Zoo) which is orders of magnitude better than the Paw Patrol of last year, and her teacher says she's mostly worked out her ability to concentrate in school.
My goals going forward are continuations: continue writing, continue decluttering, continue walking up hills twice a school day, continue slowly getting around to the things I want done. Read books. Get sleep. Coax my brain into working better (always) and the Megatherium into doing her homework/chores/etc less painfully. Oh, and I want to plant some chestnut trees out at the annex come spring.
Our baselines are way up from last year, at least... grauwulf is doing pretty darn well; he's gone back to barely sleeping in the last month or so, but otherwise is a functional adult (yay!) and while the Megatherium has taken to sudden fits of tears or belligerent denials when told to do basic tasks like get dressed or help clean things, we (mostly I, but she did help) cleared out enough of her room that I can vacuum 2/3 of the floor that doesn't have furniture on it. She has also been watching The Zoo (behind-the-scenes doccumentary at the Bronx Zoo) which is orders of magnitude better than the Paw Patrol of last year, and her teacher says she's mostly worked out her ability to concentrate in school.