Closing 2013

Summary:

All 2013 was for me was the year in which I'm going to welcome the chance to burn all the calendars of it in the fireplace tonight. It was one in which there was a lack-luster summer sandwiched in between the end of one miserably long winter, and another that's becoming ridiculously and unrelentingly frigid. I really have nothing significant to list as "best of's" coming to mind for this year, except for: my father's recent 80th birthday party, Saskatchewan hosting and winning in the Grey Cup, and a couple of cousins getting married. I can't say that there were really any new blessings in it for me directly, nor can I account for anything as being progressive, no matter how much I tried to rectify things. It was a year cursed with unwanted setbacks and opting for lesser evils made under duress of necessity to solve avoidance-avoidance dilemmas. I don't wish to recount specifics, but it was a year fraught with accidents, illness, losses, and injuries to me and others I know. At the risk of being crass for me saying so after this reflection, the only other thing I can be thankful for during the year 2013 is that I suffered less than some of them.

Status and Activity for this Last Day of the Year

Weather: it's -32 Celsius, with a -41 wind chill.

Last social outing of the year: No real appetite to speak of, but I had a soup lunch my dear friend. Sadly though, both of us were too physically sore to even give each other a proper New Year's hug when we parted.

Last meal of the year: My celebratory supper was simply snacking on cheese, olives/pickles, deli sausage.

Last purchase of the year: A lottery ticket for tomorrow's draw, with the faint hope for the new year to begin with taking a 180 degree turn from what this last year was.

Last moments spent of the year: Reviewed past blog entries of the year, finished reading a book between commercial breaks of TV programme marathons. Things are staying cozy and quiet for the rest of the evening. I just want peace, and to think of what to do better for the coming year, now just a couple hours away.