So another one bites the dust. It doesn’t seem five minutes ago that we were seeing in the new millennium, and already we’re a quarter of the way through the first century.
Two things seem to be true. Time flies when you’re having fun, and by and large most of the past quarter century has been fun. There’s been a few sticky moments, but nothing that hasn’t been overcome.
The second thing is that time goes quicker as you get older. It’s just how we perceive the passing of time of course. It doesn’t go any quicker really. A revolution of the earth, or its orbit around the sun don’t change (aside from the astronomically measured wobbles); A day is still a day and a year is still a year.
A lot of people make New Year resolutions, but I’m not one for that, knowing full well that they’re mostly broken before the end of the first month, if not the first week!
Still I do like to take stock. I try to meet my reading challenge each year, and fail miserably. Not that I don’t read, but I read less books and more blogs. I also like to listen to music, and I can’t seriously do both at the same time. I’m trying to squirrel away a few quid each week too, for savings. I’ve generally been bad at saving most of my life, but I’m making efforts on that front. Better late than never.
There could be some work changes later this year, with elections in March, but we’ll have to see how that pans out.
Right now though, we’ve had a quiet start to the New Year. We stayed home and saw the London fireworks on TV. I did venture out on New Year’s Day. One of the many advantages of NOT drinking the night before, was I could enjoy a beer instead of nursing a hangover!
January 2nd sees us go out for a little personal pampering. I needed to get an ingrowing toenail looked at again, although it was only a couple of months ago that it was dealt with last. Kathy convinced me to have a pedicure too, while I was there, which was actually most pleasant and left my feet feeing very refreshed.
Right now, the sun is out, although it will be dark in a little over an hour. It’s quite chilly out there, but the coffee in Ballucci is good and helped me write this post.