First Observation of the New Year

Every NYE I see a smattering of posts saying, essentially, oh thank god this year is over I hated it fuck you old year the new year had better be an improvement.
This is inevitable.
I have never compared to see how many of these posts are by the same people each year.
I cross my fingers and hope that very few of them are.
And then I step forward into the new year.

Yippie Ki Yay, Mister Falcon.

Begin as you mean to go on

Despite waiting half an hour for the water to boil, I eventually got beans and greens made for the family. I'm combining laundry, several errands, getting milk, filling my prescriptions, and getting some exercise into one long surge that should be finished before dark. It's blustery out and it feels stormy, so this will be exciting.

So far the new year seems pretty shiny.