Another year, another Christmas, another birthday has passed, and here I am still hanging in there like a rusty nail. I took a month off work at the beginning of December, and spent a week in San Francisco...the time focused on reflecting on 2019, the additions to my life, the good friends I have made, the laughs, anguish, the victories, and the failures.
Like everyone else, life stops for no one, and we all have to deal with what life throws at us on a regular basis. In most cases I try to remain positive, but when things get truly difficult, I sometimes get angry or wallow in misery. Hey, I am human. What can I say? Yeah, 2019 threw me a few curve balls, but I soldiered through it.
All that said, 2020 promises to be even more exciting than 2019. More changes are around the corner. Some of them make me very nervous, but life, as I said, waits on no one, so onward I will charge. It's not that I fear failure, it's that I fear not being successful. Does that make sense? I want nothing more than to build something from scratch that is profitable, sustainable, and more than value added.
Now that we have officially entered the new year, my wife and I have planned our first ever cruise. Yes, we have traveled all over the world, but I have never been on a cruise ship. I am super excited to do this! On top of that, the cruise is the second ever launched Crimson Cruise--a ship full of former Alabama football players and coaches. Roll Tide Roll!!!
We have also been busy booking flights to Orlando where we will bring a lot of our family together to hang out for a few days. In May, we will host our annual family reunion at Green Acres, and in June, we are having good friends in from Pittsburgh.
On top of getting to see grandchildren and play with them, I really plan on doing some hiking and a lot of fishing this year. In fact, I want to get my scooter ready for some serious road trips. I have done any real riding in some time.
There are also events planned with respect to my martial arts. Indiana, Washington D.C., and Pittsburgh on my to travel to list this year. I do hope 2020 works out as planned. Like I said, life always throws us curve balls...we just have to keep swinging away.
