"Rabbit rabbit rabbit!"

Welcome to January, 2022! May 2022, against all odds, be an improvement on 2020 and 2021.

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River: New Years Day, 2022

Well, it's the start of a new year, so it's time for my annual goal-setting post. Or wishful thinking post, more likely. But anyway, here we are.

Hopefully 2022 will be better than 2021, but I'm not optimistic. I tried saying that last year and it didn't work. Many of these goals are carried over from last year, and years before. So they're things that have defeated me before. But I think the exercise is worthwhile anyway.

1. The new top goal is moving down to Seattle to live in N's ADU (variously called "the studio" or "the lair"). In particular, I have to move the cats before c leaves in the spring; that means also moving a bed and a recliner, minimum.
2. I'm keeping self care near the top; I actually did fairly well with this one last year. Not going to be any more specific.
3. Write more, doomscroll less. I still want to add a couple of "real" posts to my week. I'll settle for an average of one, besides done, thanks, and the occasional s4s. Track by appending the previous month's summary to the monthly Rabbit Rabbit post.
4. Finish what I call my EOL paperwork -- will, advanced directive, power of attorney, and guides to my paper and electronic files. Five items. Includes finding a lawyer and maybe an executor.
5. The remaining parts of wrapping up Mom's estate. The financial part is still in progress, and I've done nothing about her computer, files, and online accounts. And I still have to make her memorial page. EEK.
6. Sell or give away Colleen's medical equipment. That will probably mean going through an agent.
7. Singing, dammit. Not much more detail (see last year for that).

Signal Boost: GoingSideways.blog

For the last couple of months I've been working with pocketnaomi on her next crazy project -- a travel blog called Going Sideways. It just went live about an hour ago (as I type this). You may have seen it referred to as GS in my weekly "Done Since..." posts. We're starting off with a bang -- Naomi's 6-week trip to Africa starts on Wednesday.

The blog is called "Going Sideways" because if you have chronic health problems getting in your way you may have to sidestep them, but they shouldn't keep you from having adventures altogether. (The subtitle is Epic Journeys with Medical Baggage.) Our mascot (see icon) is a crab named Chance, because crabs walk sideways.

Naomi is the principal writer. I'm the WordPress wrangler and social media manager, though I'll also write the occasional post, mostly about my travels with Colleen.