A new year, a better me in In the Kingdom of Suzu

Another year begins and I sincerely hope it is a better one than last year’s. 2014 did not start out bad but quickly turned in April with my FIL’s health taking a decided turn for the worse, his passing in May and then just when it seemed things were getting on a new normal, I developed my knee problems and then the breast cancer episode. Hopefully things will be on the upswing.

We do not usually go out NYE as jeff calls it “amateur night” and we usually fall asleep before the ball drops anyway, however, his band played this year at a private club. OMG, the band was AWESOME! Of course I had not heard the last couple of gigs because of my operation but they seemed to be exceptionally on last night. The place had a good amount of people and they were really into the music which always helps. The only bad thing was at the end of the night when it was discovered that someone stole one of lead guitar guy’s instruments. During one of the sets, this guy stormed out a door directly behind the band and knocked over a chair. As the door was closing, I thought I saw a bag on the floor outside. When the chair was knocked over, a coat that was on it fell. A girl was dancing and saw it and picked up the coat but we did not realize at that time that there had been something else. No one knows who the guy was, he was not a member of the club, he was a guest but do not know of who. He also had been bothering people at the bar prior to the incident. The missing guitar was one that kevin, the lead guitar guy, had picked up for $40, so it wasn’t a real good one, but he had done some rebuilding of it. He doesn’t use it much, but it still left a bit of a blip in the evening. I feel bad that I did not follow thru with what I saw.

I don’t make resolutions but I am setting the goals for myself to eat better and get regular exercise especially because of the cancer. The medication I will need to take, can have side effects of stiffness and joint pain and since I am already suffering with my knee pain, I need to make exercise a priority. It is really hard to walk, so I am going to start swimming and will add weight bearing exercise to maintain healthy bones. Yes, here is to a new year and a BETTER me!