Happy New Year!
Hello, my old LJ Friends!
A very Happy New Year to you all!!!! :-)
And though it's a bit late, I hope you all had a peaceful, cheery, and lovely Christmas, and that the rest of the Christmas season goes merrily.
It's been a monstrous age since I've last visited LiveJournal, I'm very sorry to say. :-( And I have missed you, my friends, and fandom as well!
I don't get too much downtime these days, I'm afraid, but I'm finally getting a wee bit more settled in my life, (getting a more stable job, among other things, plus I endured a pretty stressful and crazy (and long) move this past spring and summer, and am finally nearly unpacked and settled into my wee little new place) and I hope to make time to write and read again somehow in the year to come - and learn how to manage what little free time I do get (my job is a real bear!) a lot better so that I can attempt to do those things again! (and I do apologize for my long absence, and for all those stories that lie unfinished! I'm sorry!)
It's a cold New Year's up here in BC's (in Canada) interior, and I've just come back from watching crazy people jump into a frozen lake for the annual Polar Bear swim. Even standing around on the ice watching these hardy folks take their freezing plunge (they have to chainsaw a hole in the ice for it!) was chilly, so I stand in awe of these people who kick off the year with such an insane but somehow intriguing tradition. Heh.
But a New Year always is hopeful, because it offers a chance for a fresh, new start, to leave the mistakes and trials and pain of the old year behind and begin anew. Right?
And as my body is healing from a terrible back injury (from summer, but still isn't totally well, but it's better!) and my mind heals from a great awful bout of depression, so too can the spirit heal, as well as a sense of creativity and friendship which can be renewed. (I hope!) Isn't Christmas and New Years grand for that gift of new hope and sense of optimism? It's so neat. ^_^
So, my friends, I wish you all and your families and loved ones a most Happy, Healthy, and Hope-filled New Year, with all the blessings, peace, and cheer of the season, and throughout the year to come.
Cheers to you!
Pax :-)
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind ... I'll share a cup of kindness yet and sing auld lang syne."
^_^
A very Happy New Year to you all!!!! :-)
And though it's a bit late, I hope you all had a peaceful, cheery, and lovely Christmas, and that the rest of the Christmas season goes merrily.
It's been a monstrous age since I've last visited LiveJournal, I'm very sorry to say. :-( And I have missed you, my friends, and fandom as well!
I don't get too much downtime these days, I'm afraid, but I'm finally getting a wee bit more settled in my life, (getting a more stable job, among other things, plus I endured a pretty stressful and crazy (and long) move this past spring and summer, and am finally nearly unpacked and settled into my wee little new place) and I hope to make time to write and read again somehow in the year to come - and learn how to manage what little free time I do get (my job is a real bear!) a lot better so that I can attempt to do those things again! (and I do apologize for my long absence, and for all those stories that lie unfinished! I'm sorry!)
It's a cold New Year's up here in BC's (in Canada) interior, and I've just come back from watching crazy people jump into a frozen lake for the annual Polar Bear swim. Even standing around on the ice watching these hardy folks take their freezing plunge (they have to chainsaw a hole in the ice for it!) was chilly, so I stand in awe of these people who kick off the year with such an insane but somehow intriguing tradition. Heh.
But a New Year always is hopeful, because it offers a chance for a fresh, new start, to leave the mistakes and trials and pain of the old year behind and begin anew. Right?
And as my body is healing from a terrible back injury (from summer, but still isn't totally well, but it's better!) and my mind heals from a great awful bout of depression, so too can the spirit heal, as well as a sense of creativity and friendship which can be renewed. (I hope!) Isn't Christmas and New Years grand for that gift of new hope and sense of optimism? It's so neat. ^_^
So, my friends, I wish you all and your families and loved ones a most Happy, Healthy, and Hope-filled New Year, with all the blessings, peace, and cheer of the season, and throughout the year to come.
Cheers to you!
Pax :-)
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind ... I'll share a cup of kindness yet and sing auld lang syne."
^_^