Happy 2019!

Happy New Year! My, my how fast this year has flown by... Other years seemed to have gone by pretty fast, but this one I think has felt like the fastest. Does that mean I had a lot of fun this year? Since time seems to go by faster when you're having fun, and takes forever when you're bored?

Reflecting back on this year: I feel like I didn't do enough. Most of my time was spent working. I worked a full time job with mandatory overtime hours most of the year, so my free time was limited. At the start of the year, it wasn't so bad because I had voluntary time off that I could sign up for, but the downside to that was not getting paid, so that didn't happen as often as I would have liked lol To be honest, I'm getting sick of this job and might try to see if I can look for something different for 2019. I miss only working the weekends and being off the rest of the week!

There were some high points though. The new hotel opened up in town, and we stayed at it. We hadn't stayed in a hotel since 2008, I think? So that was nice. We plan on staying again some time this year. Maybe not the same hotel, but we still want to spend the weekend somewhere like that. This year, I also finally bought a flute! I haven't got to play a flute since I was in 5th grade, so the nostalgia was real heavy. I also did some makeup looks this year. I hadn't really done any of that kind of stuff since I was in my early 20's or just for Halloween, so it was fun to get back into it. And Tricity learned how to cook a few things! She made her own cookies from scratch for a school project. I was so proud of her! And she had us taste them. She did such a great job! We also got our pupper Castiel. He's such a cute little shit! LOL (he's adorable, but he still bites and his claws rip me up, but I love him) I also put a bunch of music covers on YouTube this year. Singing was a huge thing for me this year. Later on in the year, I also had my "father" die. I put it in quotation marks because he was never much of a father to me, but he passed away on his birthday due to a heart attack. Sadly, Adam's Uncle Larry also passed away in 2018.

One of the biggest changes to happen in 2018 was that I branched out into other games. Some big games for me this year were Human Fall Flat, Space Engineers, Fallout 76, Red Dead Redemption 2 Online, and recently State of Decay 2. The BIGGEST game I got into though was VRchat. I started off on the regular game, but eventually got a VR headset and a new laptop to support it. Playing in VR is AMAZING! Not just in VRchat, but other games as well, like Minecraft VR, Beat Saber, and Subnautica! And I met so many friends though VRchat. I have some new best friends I've made this year thanks to VRchat, and some amazing memories were made. And if any of them are reading this, thank you for giving me a great year, and I love you guys ♥

I hope 2019 brings on a lot of good things. With income tax this year, we don't have to get a new car or new computers, so I plan on having us all go to the eye doctor, dentist, and get a tune up for the car. Then after that, I hope we can do the hotel thing and enjoy the weekend going out to eat, going to the movies, and splurging at the mall. Sounds like a good mini vacation. I'm also really looking forward to the eclipse this year. I've only experienced one where I got to see what the sun and moon looked like together (in 2017) so I'm really excited to experience that again! Another goal I'm making this year (as with every year before that) is to try and get my license LOL I STILL can't drive, but maybe I can finally do it this year? I guess we'll just have to see... And of course there's always the goal to try and win the lottery jackpot :-p lol I would also like to get some ancestry DNA tests done this year, get a king sized bed for my little living area here upstairs, get some freaky looking contacts, and get some more music instruments. Tricity already has a ukulele coming in the mail, but I want some bagpipes and a violin, and she wants an accordion. Another thing I definitely want to do is have us take a night every month or so and go bowling, and I want to go fishing, and possibly even camping again this year, or take SOME kind of trip somewhere.

Anyway, I wish you all a very good 2019! I hope you have a wonderful year, better than the last. And if 2018 wasn't good enough for you, make this new year count! Remember - if you're feeling down, only you can make yourself feel better. You put yourself into that bad mood, and you can get yourself out of it. But you've got to change your mindset. Make some goals, keep yourself busy, and L.I.V.E. L.I.F.E.! Free yourself ♥