check in 1
To my ever-wonderful partner.
It's been over a year since the last check in so I think now is a good time (read: you're bullying me into writing this).
You asked me a couple of nights ago how 2025 has been so far and I think the answer is overwhelmingly positive.
Work has been rewarding and challenging, with a good dose of learning.
It's not quite saving the whales, but helping people watch Peppa Pig has to be a positive for the world right?
My fitness and health has been mediocre.
Badminton on a Wednesday has been brilliant fun, and I'm getting a teensy bit better every week.
My bike tyre burst a couple of months back so I haven't been cycling to work and I miss it now that the weather is nice :(
I've also had an annoying cold and now tickly cough for a couple of weeks, though I'm hoping my fruit regime is addressing that.
I've been lodging since January and it's been mostly positive: I've got the amenities that my landlord has installed in her long-term dream home, though at the expense of privacy and freedom.
I think I'll try to find somewhere to live with only my own rules next, though I don't know yet if I'll renew this contract for another six months first.
Family life has also been good.
I've been visiting them every week, alternating between my folks and you.
I don't enjoy the weeks where we get out of sync and I have to spend an extra week away from you, but it does make seeing you a little sweeter.
My year of enrichment has been a great success so far.
My projects have seen significant progress towards getting some completed, though I recently counted and found I had 18 in flight :|
I've been inspired to learn how to play the trumpet and how to draw, neither of which I've started.
I'd better put my money (well, more my time and energy) where my mouth is or the year will slip by and I won't have achieved any of my grander goals.
Check in 1 complete.
See you in a year o7