Year-end reflection

[stormkeeper_lovedoris]

 
I normally do this before the new year - I must be slipping.

Here are a few significant things for me in 2024:

- I volunteered to take on some new duties at work

- I did a lot of political action: volunteering at Postcards to Swing States, stll doing the Dems' farmers market table and getting the Volunteer of the Year award from them, and completing about five "lists" (each with about 50 people to contact) in Wisconsin. I also got to attend the DNC though that was through my job. It was still incredible, even though Harris lost and I got COVID. 

- This was another great year for fanfic, with Shadowhunters (and, to a lesser extent, Shadow and Bone) fans reading and commenting on my stuff

- And Doris and I went to London in February for an incredible Shadow and Bone convention. Also we went to NYC in October to see an Alaska show, and the trip was just great - we got to reconnect with Pam and enjoy a fun whirlwind weekend in the city. I'd add that having 2 fandom friends from Europe visit and stay for 10 or 11 (I can't remember) days was good too. We had fun, and this introvert here did fine,

- Health: Doris was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. I started taking estrogen after reading about its benefits. 

- Still very thankful for the things that matter: my family, my friends, where I live, etc etc

Some great books I read in 2024:

Non fiction:

Coming Home by Brittney Griner

We Were Once a Family by Roxanna Asgarian

Victory. Stand! By Tommy Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile

I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt by Madeline Pendleton

README.txt by Chelsea Manning

Beyond Power by Marilyn French 

Be a Revolution by Ijeoma Oluo 

Keanu Reeves Is Not In Love With You by Becky Holmes 

The Confidence Men by Margalit Fox 

 

Fiction:

The Wolf Den trilogy by Elodie Harper

I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger 

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

Matrix by Lauren Groff 

Comments

[rhoda_rants]

You did SO MUCH political activism! You deserve to be proud of that!

That diagnosis is tough. Best of luck to you both. <3

I have been taking the time to be thankful for where I live, and for my family, actually. I feel like I'm reconnecting to my family on my own terms, and it's really different from coming to gatherings as a tag-along of my mom. I love it!

[stormkeeper_lovedoris]

That is great, that you are carving out a path that works for you regarding your family.

[rhoda_rants]

Yeah, I might even come out one day, lol. (Maybe.)

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[stormkeeper_lovedoris]

Sending a hug and hoping so!

[nytshd3]

how long will you be with the new team at work? Or is it more of a 'until we don't need you anymore' kind of situation?

Glad you had fun trips!

How's Doris's treatment of Crohns going? How are you feeling now that you've been taking estrogen for a while?

So thankful for you and Doris!

[stormkeeper_lovedoris]

Officially I am with the new team till end of February. One project I'm working on won't be wrapped up by then so I am hoping and assuming I can at least stay on that project till it's done.

Doris is having another colonoscopy in Feb. She feels ok-ish but the doctor doesn't like her numbers. As for me, I never felt bad before the estrogen. But I wanted to start taking it because I read about all its benefits, like reduced risk of dementia and heart troubles. (The book is called "Estrogen Matters", and it's really good). I feel the same basically.

So thankful for you too!! I was thinking about the other day when you asked "Is that Kris-and-Donna Kris or former-coworker Kris?" and that you're like the only person who knows me well enough to even know to ask! :)