Well here we go. Another year. Thank God I'm still upright. Who knows what God has in store for me this year. I'll be 57 in a few weeks and while many would say I'm just a tot I feel like an old man, and a grumpy one at that.
Will anything change for me in 2025? Probably not. Would I like to see some changes, surely I would. I'd like to get in better shape physically and take care of myself better so that I make a good run at life going forward. Our bodies are machines and I don't treat mine all that well. They say health is wealth and I could use a little influx of financial security in that department. Mentally? Aren't we all mental in some way. I'd like to be more positive, clean up my act a bit, stop swearing like a sailor, and have a tad more tact when it comes to interacting with other people. I guess I'd just like to be more polished on both the inside and outside.
I'd love to hit that lottery I've been playing for years now. I just know the kid's birthday numbers will one day hit for the big prize, they just have to. I've hit 5 out of six twice on the NJ Pick 6 so I've been that close, but close doesn't win it all. I would love to hit it big and spend it doing more for others then myself. I see how Shaquille O'Neill does something good for strangers every single day. While I'll never have Shaq money a nice hit could have me giving on a smaller scale.
This could be a big year as far as getting things in line for the plan to move to South Carolina. We've been doing it, at least trying to do it, but day to day life just gets in the way. We have to keep our eyes on the prize. I know the grass is always greener, but we really do like what we saw down in the Tarheel state.
There's some big things in the works. A trip to Ireland in August and a wedding in September. In between will be Cape May and hopefully a trip back to the Vineyard. And then there will be fishing, lots of it, at all times of the day and night while the getting is good. It is the one constant I have had in my life since I really doubled-down on it when I started this blog in 2009. Before striped bass took overly brain it was all about trout and the Upper Delaware Rivers. I still do enjoy that and it seems I'm in an every-other-year pattern of getting up there for a few days, usually with Leif. But those bass. I think about them every single day, really I do, I respect and enjoy all that they are and what they bring to my life.
I hope you and yours have a safe, happy, and healthy 2025. For some it will be a tough and trying year, and I wish you the best in dealing with it all. We all get our time in the shit barrel and we need to be compassionate and empathetic to those whose tough days are in the present.