The new year is here. It is 2023.
I guess, even if you have no resolutions, you should have one: Remember it is 2023. Write that number on your checks, and whatever else. I just noticed I named this column “Life New Year 2022.” Uh. Wrong.
I need to resolve to buy 2023 calendars today when I go to Covington. As it is, I am not quite sure what day it is, and I can’t quite recall the year. I’m a clueless mess!
Are you back at work yet? So many places close for so many days during the holidays, I never know what’s open, or when it might be. I do notice how government offices and shops and restaurants take the extra day, or two, even when the holiday falls on a weekend. Good for them! Bad for those of us who need their services!
I should not complain. I’ve been off since Dec. 20. Except for this column, I have no columns or stories to try to dream up and write about. It’s been nice, but it’s gone by quite fast. Every day, it seemed, there was some chore or duty or place to go. I keep wishing for a “day of nothing to do and no one to see,” and that just doesn’t happen. I’ve only got a few days left to snatch one for myself, and veg out, as they say. The truest thing about a vacation is that it just makes you want another vacation.
I’ve thought about a resolution or two or three that I should probably make. But I don’t bother, because I know they will fall by the wayside.
Probably some of you made a resolution to “read more.” That wouldn’t work for me; I already read a lot every day, often forcing myself to put down a book so I can watch the news.
I sure won’t resolve to watch the news less. I am addicted to it, and there is always something, or many things, that I can’t wait to hear the twist of the day on the story. Winter weather and airport nightmares have been front and center throughout the holiday. Then, there’s the house speaker vote in Congress. Is there a limit on how many votes they can take before moving on to the next guy? (And rest assured: It will be a guy.) I find it telling that the fellow who believes he should own this position has already moved into the office that is not yet his. It’s funny, really.
And, there is the story of the Idaho student murders that seemed to be going nowhere for about a month, and now is unfolding at a rapid and satisfying pace. One incredible facet is that the whole country was supposed to be focused on tracking down a white Elantra. And yet, the Indiana State Police pulled over that very car, with the alleged murderer at the wheel, twice in just an hour or two. Don’t those guys pay attention to the news, and police bulletins? That car, and that driver, traversed the country for 2,500 miles without a speck of suspicion. Sheesh!
I cannot resolve to walk more than I already do. I was at odds when the temps were so frigid, and the wind so fierce, that I had to scrap the idea of walking and stay home. Reading!
I wish you all the best in conquering your own resolutions, and achieving them. You’ve got more resolve than I do. Happy New Year! It’s 2023, and we had better learn to love it!
