Hello again! It's early in 2025 and I am trying to catch up. 2023 was an absolute blur. I started the year with a new job and a big trip planned and that's about all I managed to do in 2023. I onboarded, then, in March, I went to Antarctica! It was an incredible trip, and left surprisingly little down time. After I got back from Antarctica it was full throttle on the job, working weekends at the winery, and I didn't come up for air until the end of the year. Me on the Antarctic Continent This year's list is quite short as a result. I didn't have a lot of time for reflection, I mainly just had my head down and charged through. I didn't have the bandwidth to discover many new things with starting up counseling again, trying to learn a new job and ways of working, staying involved with my family and trying to be present in my relationships. But these are a few songs that landed well throughout the year. The Angels - Am I Ever Gonna See Your ...
Last night I was fortunate enough to be invited to go out with some friends of my German friend at the international house. They have a car and took us up to a big outdoor shopping center (for NoVa people, think Reston Town Center) with all kinds of shops and restaurants. Andrea, my German friend, and her friends Cristina and Lloyd took us to meet up with 10 of their friends for dinner and bowling. They are all South Africa natives. Dinner was great only because all of the poeple were very entertaining. I talked with a guy named Teddy for a long time because he was wearing a Postal Service t-shirt. He's into folk and was really into the American music scene. He's pretty handy with MySpace pages and finding new artists. Everyone else has what I can only relate as Australian charm. When I was traveling in Europe, every Australian I met was very easy with people, very entertaining and funny. It seems to be the same with South Africans I am finding. I first met Mike, and...
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