Ask Lemmy

The collapse of the US into civil war

The days are finally longer than the nights and I'm starting to see grass underneath the snow. I'm looking forward to start working in the vegetable garden and being able to have a nice cup of tea outside in the sun.

Very recent, I'm still in the glowy happy haze of it. My partner and I just got married and we've got an old, fixer-upper property that we plan to make into our own haven of weirdness haha I'm excited to keep building this wild life together.

Kicking addiction once and for all. No, I mean it, this will be the year I get my brain back.

After years of trying to build a solid workout routine I've managed to do at least 40 min of cardio every morning for the last two months, to the point where I'm craving more.

I've started taking my writing seriously as well, and after some online courses have vastly improved over the last year. I'm working on a collection of short stories now.

I’m getting married on Towel Day. To a woman who is excited that I wanted to get married on Towel Day.

I've been a vegetarian for a hundred years, but I've finally decided to go vegan and I'm kind of excited about it. I'm growing a garden from seeds I started inside, and my seeds have almost all sprouted.

I am moving out of Texas. Our house goes on the market in a couple of weeks and once it's sold we'll be heading to New England.

I get to sing in three concerts in the next five weeks. All three are going to be very fun, and one of them is at Carnegie Hall!

I am finally getting a surgery I have desperately needed for mental health and basic quality of life since the height of COVID. I didn't see it as a life threatening need-to-be-done so I waited until after the height of COVID to begin pursuing it.

I was scheduled for this surgery in February 2023, and when they took my blood tests, they had to cancel the surgery, because that's when the found out I had cancer. (Chronic Myeloid Leukemia)

My cancer treatment has been going very well, and now I am once again scheduled for this surgery with the blessing of my cancer doctor and the requirement of not taking my cancer medications for a week before the surgery and three weeks after the surgery. That is because my cancer medications increase bleeding and impact how long wounds take to heal. (Sprycel/Dasatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor)

Here's hoping it goes well, I absolutely hate surgery, but I really need this done. I've been literally waiting for this moment for years, it's going to be a huge mental health boost.

And to be clear while I am indeed on the Blåhaj Lemmy, this is surgery is not about gender identity or gender affirming care. It's still important and impacting my mental health, however.

Every two weeks

this next weekend being one such event ---, I have sushi with my grandma and my brother. I love sushi, my grandma, and my brother. Feeling stellar.

In May my spouse and I are going away together for a few days without the kids for the first time in a decade.

The tulip and daffodil leaves are emerging in our gardens and soon we will have flowers.

Our church is starting up again this week & I love choir.

I have an appointment to get my first tattoo this afternoon!

Roughly four months after being run over and rendered bed bound my mom is taking the next step in her recovery. Literally. She's been okayed to start walking. She recently went to her first physical therapy session and is working on getting that leg strength back. Still a ways from walking even with a walker but hey progress is progress.

My lemongrass plant that I tend to neglect is showing signs of life. Seriously I haven't changed the pot or soil of it in at least two years now. Not to mention the amount of times I forget to give it water. It's a miracle the poor thing has lasted this long really. But today I noticed some new growth so that's cool.

Tried skiing and it was really fun. Surprisingly did not hurt myself wiping out or crashing into a tree.

Thinking of trying snowboarding next year.

I have a trip to Japan coming up very shortly that I'm looking forward to. Made a few Cafe reservations a little while ago, I'll be riding with a drift instructor around a few tracks at Ebisu Circuit, planning on visiting Nara to see the deer, going to a few PokeCenters, and visiting a bunch of second hand stores for books, games, and merch.

I have big plans for the spring and summer: multiple backpacking/camping trips in the mountains, a week-long family vacation, and (hopefully) getting back into mountain biking after a multi-year break. I can't wait!

My best friend's getting married next month, and I'm the minister.

I can't wait to be able to garden again in a few weeks.

I have some travels planned this year :)

I'm going on a vacation to South Carolina with my girlfriend and her family for a week. I've never been there, so I'm excited to see what's in store

A friend is smoking a brisket this weekend 🤤

My younger daughter's 3rd birthday is next week. That'll be pretty fun.

We're also going on a family vacation this summer across the country. We had been planning to fly, but after comparing prices we discovered it would be cheaper to rent an RV and make it a road trip. I'm looking forward to doing that with my kids.

The start of the baseball season! Go, Gunnar! Go, Adley! Go, Westy! Go, Mounty! Go, O's!

I'm taking three days of annual leave between Easter and ANZAC day next month. I'll be out of the office eleven days straight. Time to properly unwind.

• Reading. Like I do with online content, I select very strictly the books I read, doing my best to keep hate/anger (as well as proud idiocy) at bay.
• Writing (& journaling)
• Long walks (edit: nicer weather makes it even more tempting ;)
• Quality time with my spouse
• A little music too.

Nothing fancy, but very efficient as far as I'm concerned.

More sunlight as summer approaches, and enough heat that I can be outside without freezing to death. Can't wait until I can get the back patio set up, and see hummingbirds coming by again. Plus it'll be kayaking season, just in time for my sprained wrist to have hopefully healed.

There's a conference in Albuquerque next week. Never been that far West before, and it beats going to work!

It's looking like it's going to be a good year for gaming.

Games I'm looking forward to:

Subnautica 2 The Outer Worlds 2 Death Stranding 2 (possibly. I'll wait for reviews) GTA 6 (Assuming there is an offline, kernal DRM free mode) Solarpunk Paralives

I'm going on vacation *next Tuesday! We're driving south until it's aggressively springtime, and then we'll see what's next. Probably hiking, sleeping late, and waffle house. I'm a simple sort.

Edit- I have no concept of time. Boo.

The weekend.

I'm excited that my company could break 2 million in revenue this year. 1.7 at the least.