So It Goes.: The One With January 2021

January wasn't just the start of a new year. It was also the start of new adventures. I made the decision to leave both the full time job and the part time job I was working in order to transition into a new job providing service coordination to individuals with developmental disabilities. This decision was also in part to wanting more intentional time to focus on being back in school to foster life coaching skills. The book nook got some attention and I have certainly and unapologetically claimed it as my (work/study) space.

Thanks for the warm send off.

My work/study space.

My work photo.

My school photo.

Homework!

Family Book Club met again in January. This time around we discussed Everything Beautiful In It's Time: Seasons of Love and Loss. Although I miss physically being with my family to hug and to share table with I'm insanely thankful for technology so that we can continue to read and grow together. With the unknowns of what my free time would look with having homework again I spent the weeks before school started reading like crazy! It has been a true house of reading lately.

Family Book Club.

“Soccer forces life to move on. There’s always a new match. A new season. There’s always a dream that everything can get better. It’s a game of wonders.” -Fredrik Backman

“Knowledge is a powerful tool. It is the master of your tools. It is where your tools come from, because without knowledge, there is nothing. Let’s take that one step further: knowledge is the ultimate weapon; it trumps all other weapons. Thought is what wins- the MIND is what wins- knowledge is what wins. And you gain knowledge by asking questions. Which questions should you ask? Simple: Question everything. Don’t accept anything as truth. QUESTION IT ALL.” -Jocko Willink

“If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.” -Wally Lamb

Story time!

The dogs still like to hunker down when I cozy up on the couch or when it snows, but we did make some time to get out and try to enjoy the snowy weather. Only one of us really loves the snow. In fact he even runs in it.

Snow pups.

Arctic Fox and Sexy Penguin.

My best favorite resolved to run every day in 2021, and so far he's stuck to that. He's crazy, but I'm very proud of him and proud to help him document his journey by being his personal photographer. Even in the snow he's out there getting after it.

First run of 2021.

Getting after it.

We celebrated two years of having Queenie as part of our family. We love her so much and she loves being so spoiled.

Other than working, schooling, sleeping, reading, and spoiling we spent January trying new recipes and piecing puzzles together. We finished one puzzle and now we have a very unfinished E.T. puzzle that continues to invade our dining room table.