Back Home Again in These Foolish Things

I’ve been back home from my Christmas festivities with the fam for a couple of days now. I left mom and dad’s early because I ended up not needing to spend the extra night in my brother’s gross bedroom since the weather had cleared up.

My dad said he didn’t blame me for wanting to go home that afternoon rather than staying and spending the night amongst the clutter and stress and just getting up and going home first thing in the morning.

I’ll be back anyway to help my dad celebrate his 86th birthday - either next weekend or the weekend after (his birthday is on the 10th).

We didn’t resolve anything as it pertains to my bro and SIL and their issues. It’s not my deal anyway, but it will affect me if and when it affects my mom and dad. But I was just ready to go. I gave mom and dad a lot of love when I left, but I didn’t even say goodbye to the bro and his fam because they don’t give a shit anyway, and I don’t think they even noticed that I was gone.

It was nice to come home to a neat apartment, still sparkling with Christmas lights and a tree with several wrapped gifts to myself under it. Ha! I absolutely did that. I’d taken advantage of all of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales to stock up on things I’ll be needing for 2025 since I won’t be shopping for any new clothes at all in 2025 (one of my many projects I’ll be starting on New Year’s Day).

Yes, in 2025, I’ve decided to dedicate myself to only buying vintage, secondhand, previously loved, thrifted, or otherwise already-used products. That said, I don’t think I’ll feel comfortable purchasing secondhand underwear or athletic wear, so I gifted myself a whole new bra and panty wardrobe (it was time) as well as five new workout outfits. I also splurged on a couple of new sweaters, two baseball caps (hopefully, I’ll be playing a lot more pickleball in 2025), and a dress that I don’t know where I’ll wear. It’s sexy and see-through, requiring a lot of thought about what to wear underneath - very trendy and fun, but when will I wear it??!

I’m excited for the new year. I’m doing several “challenges” starting on January 1, and I’ll write about it later, but I’m spending these last few days of 2024 reviewing and preparing myself. I started a year-in-review recap, going back through my calendar and I need to scroll through my 2024 entries. I know 2024 had its share of quirks, but for me, it felt like a really good year, if not somewhat boring. In 2024, I realized that I love giving myself tough challenges, and I think I need to think about that as it pertains to finding love and a shiny new, challenging JOB too. That’s in addition to all of the other things I’m planning on doing that will compliment what I started in 2024.

Okay, it’s time to get myself up and moving. I’m actually meeting another Proseboxer at the farmers market today! It’s always fun when that happens.

Have a lovely Sunday, y’all.
GS