Rant #3,604: Auld Lang Syne

Here we are ... the last day of 2024, dovetailing-- 

Into the first day of 2025.

My family and I have had a really tough five years, and I truly hope that 2025 ends that malaise and helps us begin anew ...

That being said, being realistic, I kind of figure that while 2025 won't be the worst year, it will probably be another trying 365 days.

I just can't see it any other way ... although I can certainly hope for the best.

I do consider myself a lucky person.

I have a loving family, and even though there have been many bumps in the road, I seemingly have my health.

It has been pretty dodgy over the psst two years, in particular, but I have my health.

Due to hard work, my left leg--although it will never be what it once was--is as good as it is going to get.

My scalp is cancer free, as is my prostate, although I continue to suffer some of the after effects of that procedure I went through a few weeks ago.

The doctor told me that what I am going through is 100-percent normal, medically, although it may not appear to be normal to me.

I just have to give it time to heal, and i have to get that into my head.

I am employed, maybe barely and not the way i thought I would be at this point in my life, but it is a job, and one that I am not giving up anytime soon.

My immediate family is doing well, and I expect that to continue.

So with 2024 just about over and done with, I am looking forward to 2025, and I hope everything works out fine for myself, my wife, my son ...

And my daughter, someone I haven't seen in more than six months and someone who I haven't spoken to at all, either.

I hope that that relationship improves in 2025, but why I haven't spoken to or seen her in all of thst time is bewildering, and the ball is firmly in her court to explain to me why she treats me like a complete and total stranger ... and really has done so for years.

So if that can be worked out, maybe 2025 won't be such a bad year after all--

But I am not holding my breath, because if I did, I would suffocate myself, and if I haven't done so yet, I am certainly not going to expect anything in 2025.

So everyone, have a great new year, and I will speak to you again on January 1, 2025--

The first day of the new year.