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This year has flown by!<\/p>\nThis year has flown by!<\/p>\n
Pretty soon it\u2019s going to be snowy again.<\/p>\n
I guess it\u2019s not really surprising. Time seems to slip by faster as we get older. (At least I\u2019ve noticed it more.) I\u2019ve had a lot on my mind and been working through a bunch more emotional stuff. With those kinds of distractions it was easy for the time to slip \u00a0away.<\/p>\n
On the plus side of things, Over the past week or so, I\u2019ve been feeling lighter, \u00a0while I\u2019m still unsure about a lot of things I don\u2019t feel as weighted down or crushed as I have for the past year.<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t just because we\u2019re in the \u201cFestive Season\u201d. I haven\u2019t even decided if I’m going to do the tree thing this year or not. It\u2019s just me and the dog and Santa isn\u2019t likely to come down my chimney.<\/p>\n
I think there\u2019s been enough time pass that there\u2019s distance between Jerry\u2019s passing and right here, right now. I miss him but it\u2019s not the sharp dagger that it was.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I make no guarantees about how I\u2019ll feel mid January. But this first year of holidays and seasons changing has been hard. Two more to go and I\u2019ll have survived them all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not trying to rush the season, but I feel like making it to mid January is a milestone and somehow after that, I\u2019ll be less burdened or sad. I have no proof that will be the case but it \u201cFeels\u201d that way.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s time to bust out the Die Hard<\/em> Franchise, and Lethal Weapon<\/em> just because they\u2019re Christmassy I know Bruce Willis would disagree but Die Hard<\/i> has been such a tradition for years I can\u2019t resist.<\/p>\n It\u2019s getting easier for me to toss things in the trash. It sounds stupid but after spending years worrying if I was throwing something of the other half\u2019s away that was important. I was having a tough time getting over the habit. Nothing of his is important to him anymore, the only important any of it has is that which I assign to it.<\/p>\n I\u2019m noticed I\u2019m happier because the house looks less cluttered. There\u2019s still a long<\/u><\/b> way to go but it\u2019s better and improves my general outlook on life too.\u00a0<\/p>\n I\u2019m moving in the direction that I want to go. Whether I keep this place, or pack everything up and move, I\u2019ll still need to be free of tons of useless stuff. Long range, my plan is to clear enough of the garage out that I can move my stuff from a storage facility up here. That will save me some cash monthly, and allow me to sort, sell, or trash stuff I don\u2019t want or need.<\/p>\n If I\u2019m going to move, I want the moving truck to be as small as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This year has flown by! Pretty soon it\u2019s going to be snowy again. I guess it\u2019s not really surprising. Time seems to slip by faster as we get older. (At least I\u2019ve noticed it more.) I\u2019ve had a lot on my mind and been working through a bunch more emotional stuff. With those kinds of … <\/p>\n