Happy New Year 2025

If you want to read about last year, try here:  https://2024af.blogspot.com/

Happy things for the first day of 2025:

• Last night I stayed up very late and slept in.  This gave me some energy to get things done.  The mortgage is paid, I worked with Stephanie to get some Pennsic planning done, and I registered with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy with a speculation on when to start hiking with Bel.
• Bel, my youngest adult child, and I had a nice walk in the city where we were able to do more talking and planning for the upcoming hike.  I keep calling it a hike, but ideally we are thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail this year.  There are many moving parts and things could happen that this could all fall through.  But that is the plan.  Or at least the briefest mention of what will be many small plans and steps coming together for this to happen. I don’t know what that will mean for my blog yet.  I expect it will become harder to post daily though.
• I was able to spend some time just sitting and talking with the family and some friends at DIY Craft & Thrift (my oldest adult child's store).  It was definitely a day with lots of future talk.  I'm really glad that I got out of the house and spent time with people today.  Sometimes that is the best kind of self-care.

Cloudy post sunsetting sky.

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Started listening to: A Walk in the Woods, by Bill Bryson.

Thank you for being here and being part of my daily happy things.  Stay safe!