And with that, the last full week before Christmas is over, with less than two full weeks until the $h!tshow that has been 2025 is over.
While you may take that sentence to indicate that I am in some foul mood, it is the very opposite of the truth. It has been a fairly good week since I last left you. Without going into too many details (which would certainly jinx things), there are a couple of exciting possibilities on the horizon. I want to thank those of you who reached out to me this past week with regards to the opportunity that is currently at the top of my “fingers crossed” list.
Meanwhile, I have been keeping busy with some of the household maintenance. With snow one day, melting temperatures the next and rain in the forecast, I have to keep the drain pipes clear, the bird feeder stocked and the sidewalks shoveled. (Again, I must give thanks to the small town generosity as we have a guy from down the street who plows our laneway.)
“You know you’re an adult when” you start looking around the house and are thinking “Man, we really need to look into fixing that in the spring.”
With the weather being the way it is, my Mom and I have stayed close to home, venturing no further than Ingersoll to get groceries and, in one case, visit the hardware store. This will probably be the routine for the next little while.
As I’ve been working away on some other projects here and there (some related to those exciting possibilities I was mentioning earlier), I’ve been semi-binge-watching some stuff. (I keep telling myself to binge-watch something but usually I end up putting MLB The Show 25 (this is the season the Jays win it all!) and listening to Sirius XM. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. However, over the last week, I’ve been watching Black Books (for the third time) and Galactica 1980…which is the cringe-worthy masterpiece people have always said it was. (I remember it being better.) I keep telling myself and other people that I want to rewatch Daisy Jones and the Six, so perhaps this is the weekend.
I finally caught up on Shoresy about a week or so ago. I wanted to be up-to-date when the new season arrives on Christmas Day. That’s one day I will spend binge-watching.
And speaking of Christmas Day, I want to wish everyone out there a Happy Holiday season, however you celebrate it. I’ve decided to take a large break from social media (I will check in to make some updates to those accounts that I maintain) but will be around on Facebook Messenger from time to time. As always, if you want to discuss anything covered above (or below), chat me up on Messenger – either by text or voice message – or via email.
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