2024. . .
. . .I swore up and down in 2023 that I would do better at keeping the record of 2024. I would summarize every month or two so that in December I wasn’t scrolling through social media trying to remember all the things. I did no do this. In fact I believe it was December 10th that I first said to myself shit. I better start my year in review. I said it multiple times between then and December 31st. By then it was such a daunting, back burner of a task I couldn’t even think about it. So here I am the 5th of January finally writing it. Because I realized why 2024 was so difficult to review. It wasn’t a hard year, but a long year. Things that happened just in November seem like a year ago. January was a decade ago. Or that’s how it seems.
February invited in my 35th birthday and Tim and I took off to Vegas. We saw Ka, ate awesome food, and just enjoyed a new place. Meowwolf too.
March we went to New March we visited New Mexico and marked some vultures off the list (not mini golf). OG meowwolf too.
April we went to Dallas again to see Skeptics and just miss the eclipse chaos. A great show and stopped off in Meowwolf Grapevine.
Summer passed in a blur as I finished my T2T program and tried to prepare for my 3rd year at Curtis. No special trips or adventures. Natalie moved to Florida, Jaella remained sober, It was calm and nice.
Fall semester can be explained as a dryer on fire but still spinning. GOP rules have made it so students have no accountability, my semester went smoothly only because Orchestra was such a shit show. Our teacher didn’t choose us, and had some major health issues. I feel the chaos forced me to always be ready. My students were crap. Unfortunately. Some great artists but majority who did nothing. I had over a dozen fail first semester.
We enter 2025 happy, safe, and with a head cold. I hope 2025 slows down, just a little, so its easier to remember all the things. We are planning to visit Houston and some other spontaneous trips. 2024’s review is short because its the opposite of how the year felt.