turnover
The New Year’s celebration, was, for me, pretty much non-existent. On December 31, the most exciting thing I did was buy tires and manage stress. I air-fried some brussells sprouts and broccoli, and went to bed before 9pm. So, so exciting.
For New Years’ Day, I did the thing I try to do every year and establish a tradition; “First Day Hikes” in Virginia State Parks. It’s a nice thing, actually; they waive parking fees on January 1st, and give you a nice sticker and stuff. I woke early, packed up a few things (including rain gear, per the forecast), and headed down the road to Pocahontas, picked the longest black diamond trail I could find, and started walking. Three hours, one stream fording, and a few overland orienteering exercises later, I’d hiked ten and a half miles, stripped off a few layers because the sun came out, and headed out of the park about the time the rest of the state showed up to crowd the picnic pavilions.
The rest of the weekend I did laundry, and sat with the cat and watched a couple of things on TV, and kept an eye on the moving target a certain January gig is possibly becoming. “Don’t Look Up” on Netflix is pretty entertaining, all-told, even if it’s a little too accurate in terms of capturing human behavior.
And now, it’s time to go back to work, and see if the dreaded “s” word prediction actually comes true.
