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by Olorin
What I'm about to say has been said many times before, including by me, but is none the worse for wear.
I can't believe how fast this year went! Where did the time go?
Looking back on my year, there was one standout highlight, getting a new cat. Jasmine came home to live with me on January 5; thus, we're approaching our first anniversary. I had a visit from a very old friend in April, whom I had not seen in 25 years; that was also another highlight. I also had work done on my roof and my car, highlights I'd as soon forget. And just last week, the light portion of a very expensive ceiling fan conked out, and I'm either going to have to bypass it somehow, or get a new fan (and I don't want to do that, as there's nothing out there like the current one, style-wise). But, during the course of about five and a half weeks of vacation, which I'm currently nearing the end of, I did get a lot done around the house to improve my enjoyment of the house. So I suppose I might say that 2019 was like all other years: ups and downs.
And now we head into 2020. This is a presidential election year in the US, which is always vexing, and will only be more so due to the bitter partisanship the country has sunk into. I just have to try to tune out for the next 10 months, I suppose. In any event, I hope the year brings good things to us all, or at least not too many more bad things!
Happy New Year!
"Olorin I was in the West that is forgotten...."