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In Which Winter goes away too soon, and the routine once again, for my joy

Why hello there, sir friend, good morning and happy new week! How was your previous one, and how are you today, on this week that begins? As for me, I am okay, I'd say... after a bit of a positively happy birthday week, even with any sorrow that may have afflicted me, ah, it is what it is, just satisfied in retrospect with the birthday moments! It was low key, but I had a good piece of cheesecake! How is the weather in your side of things? Here, it has been heating up, as if spring arrived earlier. Overall, even with a drier winter, the subtle heat was perceived, as the sweater days are more scarce, and the socks start to spend more time in their drawer. The slippers change, the cushioned one is slowly being lesser used, why the others are more enjoyed, though soon it will be uncomfortable for those as well, and the typical rubber open shoes in japanese fashion will be in full swing again. Ordinary changes, but enough to make me want to write about them, and even to start a new pos...

In Which I make plans for the Christmas Day and consider an afternoon at the beach?

Good morning, dear friend, reader of this post! Happy Friday! How are you today, now that we are so close to the very height of the christmas season of 2024? As for me, I am pretty okay, yesterday I went with mom to the mall to purchase some new clothes, and I liked it a lot. It was as fun as I remember, and I have not been out to the mall in almost a whole year. It was also at the right time, because of the beautiful christmas decoration! And indeed, this year they did a very good job and were quite creative! I took plenty of pictures, and I could not be happier on doing this! A tradition of mine to go taking pictures of everything christmas related, as to register the wonderful time. 

Speaking of which, I am loosely with a plan on going to the house of grandma for the christmas, or at least for a visit, I am not sure if I'd like to stay for more than a day because I get homesick. One thing is grandma living relatively nearby, other entirely different is living in a neighborhood 30 minutes away, add 1 hour to it if there is excessive car traffic. I do have the tradition to spend at least a day with her on the season, there is that. Also, gives me opportunity to take more pictures of christmas decoration! We will see how it goes...

After a hectic but enjoyable Thursday, today I am just resting... mom invited me to go to the beach with my aunt and cousin at the afternoon. I am considering if I should go with them! In one hand, I haven't been to the beach in a while, and not with mom and aunt... on other, I do like to be by myself at the house, for some reason I am still to decipher. We shall see. I miss building sandcastles, if the opportunity arises I could do some. Again, we will see how it goes. 

Took this picture yesterday at the mall, so beautiful was the decoration there!



In any case, I do love December, beautiful month of Christmas, even if it's celebrated in summer where I live, alas. I love it because it is so carefree, a time for vacation and relief, really. It has been such a hard year on me, with the surgery, and I am happy to rest and take the good things that come my way as I can. As we approach the end of another blog entry, I wonder how many more I will write in 2024! I am not sure if I will do a retrospective, because the first half of the year was particularly harsh and also a blur in my mind. I can only perhaps wrap up December when it's time, and open the double doors of the horizon to January, soon afterwards! One thing remains as the same as it was the beginning of this year, and the beginning of every year since 2018: I do hope I don't bring the blog to an end. I like to write, it is enjoyable and I deem it as a healthy and productive habit. Again, I should proceed dividing the time in small pieces as I can, as to not feel like I need to turn this into the project of my life, as if I had the energy for such thing. What else is there to be said? Time to wrap today's entry! Of course, do not distress, I should return soon, I hope I do a blog on Christmas Eve and Christmas day, even if I won't force it. Sometimes we can rest a bit more as well, I don't see a problem on this basis. Crazy it is the last week of 2024, basically! Well, I wish you the best, as always, and I hope you may keep on having a beautiful season!


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