Happy new year.  The general sentiment out there seems to be “good riddance to 2020” given the state of the world.  And I fully understand that.  But I have to say, from a strictly personal standpoint, it was actually one of the better ones I’ve had in quite a while… Lots of family time and personal growth. And a sabbatical is a pretty good way to navigate some of the headaches of a global pandemic, including avoiding the many pitfalls of “working from home” (I understand any number of compromising incidents can occur if you forget to mute your business Zoom meeting…).

Notwithstanding not being able to spend as much time as we would have liked with extended family, it was still a really good holiday season.  A bit of skiing, lots of eating, and excessive drinking.  Capped off by a homemade fireworks show to ring in the new year.  Incidentally, I now have a relationship with a good on-line pyrotechnics dealer if anyone is interested. 

I feel like I’ve gotten a bit of a head start on everyone else who, at this time of year, are (again) making resolutions to change their lives for the better.  More fitness, more sleep, better eating, self reflection, personal development, whatever, etc..  Been there and done that for the past 6 months.  In fact, now that I think about it, every day of sabbatical is a lot like New Years day, except with only about half the champagne.

Unfortunately (or fortunately?) it’s back to work time in a few weeks. Time to start getting my head back into that mindset.  Don’t want to come back to work with a really big vacation hang-over. You know what I mean. Its tough enough after 6 days away, let alone 6 months. And as you can see by the tardiness and decreasing frequency in my posts, bad habits like procrastination may have set in.  Or maybe I’m just losing my mojo for these posts because no one but my mother in law reads them anymore.  In any event, I guess I’ve made it this far with the blog, so should probably see it out.

On an unrelated note, I thought the daily UPS deliveries to my front door would have slowed down after Christmas, but somehow that just doesn’t seem to be the case…