This Past Week...

Here we are, the first post of a brand new year. I was looking forward to a lot of good things when the week started, but after a couple good days things really went to shit.

There was no curling on Friday, so we took the opportunity to have my cousin over for dinner. He's my only family anywhere nearby, and definitely the closest family member I have left. We don't see each other nearly enough anymore, and it was a great visit.

Saturday evening I spent some time with my very good friend. We got to go out for dinner rather than our usual lunch, and had some terrific hang out time afterward. It's not often our schedules line up on the weekend, especially during the holidays - I'm really glad it worked out this year.

Now here's where things started to go sideways...

( Aggravation... )

And here's where things fell off a cliff...

( Sadness... )

So here we are, a few days into the new year. Hopefully it's starting off on the right foot for everyone, and you have lots of good things ahead. As for me, I'm off to bed to try and salvage a few hours of sleep (naturally, I'm already missing my sleep goals for the year). Talk to you again next week. =]