*peeks out nervously to see who's still around*
Happy New Year, everyone! Yes, I'm still here. I'm actually a bit dismayed at how long it's been since I've posted, as I do read my friends list regularly. I kept meaning to do a nice long catch-up post, but as is the way of these things, the longer I put it off, the more I had to say, and the more daunting the task. So I'm declaring a clean state and just starting fresh with the new year. Suffice to say that I survived 2015. It had its ups and downs, per usual, but came out mostly on the plus side in the end.
As for 2016, I have high hopes and many plans. I'm still trying to iron them out as I ended up getting back from visiting my parents in CT for the holidays a few days later than intended. (Delayed flight which meant I would have missed my connection, so I had to rebook, pushing my trip back to Los Angeles from the evening of 12/29 to the morning of 1/1.) I'm just shaking off the last of my jet lag (exacerbated by my staying up to watch the ball drop and then just... continuing to stay up until I needed to leave for the airport at 3:45 am), and trying to energize for the most physical thing on my to-do list, which is to get back to running. I was sporadic at best the past year, and I miss it on both a physical and mental level. I just have to retrain myself to crawl out of bed early enough to run mornings, because if I don't go then, I just don't go.
Beyond that, I've got a bunch of work projects in the works, both agency-related and personal, including a revamp of my work blog and a long-long-long-overdue designated URL. I don't know why I didn't do it sooner. Anyway, more on that when it's ready to launch, which I hope will be sooner rather than later, but it's just one of several things I'm juggling and the most flexible of the lot.
I'd like to plan a nice vacation for the fall, but the reality of visiting my parents over Christmas included the realization that we've reached the stage where I need to go back and spend time with them more often to help them get some things taken care of that just won't happen if I leave it solely to them. So chances are more of my travel time will take me to CT than to other places I'd prefer to go, such as Vancouver (for a non-conference trip for once) or Paris. I won't say neither is possible, but they're looking less likely.
I will end there, with a promise not to be a stranger. I hope everyone's year is off to an excellent start.
As for 2016, I have high hopes and many plans. I'm still trying to iron them out as I ended up getting back from visiting my parents in CT for the holidays a few days later than intended. (Delayed flight which meant I would have missed my connection, so I had to rebook, pushing my trip back to Los Angeles from the evening of 12/29 to the morning of 1/1.) I'm just shaking off the last of my jet lag (exacerbated by my staying up to watch the ball drop and then just... continuing to stay up until I needed to leave for the airport at 3:45 am), and trying to energize for the most physical thing on my to-do list, which is to get back to running. I was sporadic at best the past year, and I miss it on both a physical and mental level. I just have to retrain myself to crawl out of bed early enough to run mornings, because if I don't go then, I just don't go.
Beyond that, I've got a bunch of work projects in the works, both agency-related and personal, including a revamp of my work blog and a long-long-long-overdue designated URL. I don't know why I didn't do it sooner. Anyway, more on that when it's ready to launch, which I hope will be sooner rather than later, but it's just one of several things I'm juggling and the most flexible of the lot.
I'd like to plan a nice vacation for the fall, but the reality of visiting my parents over Christmas included the realization that we've reached the stage where I need to go back and spend time with them more often to help them get some things taken care of that just won't happen if I leave it solely to them. So chances are more of my travel time will take me to CT than to other places I'd prefer to go, such as Vancouver (for a non-conference trip for once) or Paris. I won't say neither is possible, but they're looking less likely.
I will end there, with a promise not to be a stranger. I hope everyone's year is off to an excellent start.