Today will not be an excuse for a political rant. I am thankful that the year is almost over, even though I have a few chores left to take care of before baby new year comes a calling.
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I'm very thankful that I've been able to take 5 different cruises this year. It's nice to have someone to share experiences with. After being widowed for 29 years, it feels a little strange to be with someone I can trust to be there when I need her. (She feels the same about me.) It's a blessing to have someone in my life who can accept me both as Marian and as Mario. Unlike former relationships, I don't have to hide the feminine side of me from her.
I've tried to keep in touch with people, but some of them have fallen by the wayside. One friend is assumed to have died, or he is unable to keep in touch. Another friend is doing OK, and we have to find time to get together during the new year. Yet, unlike most cisgender females, I do not have a typical woman's network of friends. This is the price a transgender person pays for being assigned male at birth.
In spite of what is going on in the Orange Snowflake's mind, I have been able to live most of my life untouched by his evil nature. Yes, I get angry when I hear his voice. But I know to change the channel and catch up on the news in ways where I don't have to hear evil words come out of his hateful voice. Yet, I still have faith that things will get better sooner than later. However, I know that I have an exit plan underway, just in case things get really bad.
When I look at things going on with my co-op, I worry about things that could cause our complex to fail financially. Luckily, I have a voice in things, and use it as much as possible, I publish the co-op's website, as well as manage the co-op's zoom presence. (Zoom is nothing much to talk about. But I handle all technology issues for the co-op.) There are some accounts that are in arrears, and I am looking to get these shareholders to pay up, so that others don't have to carry them. Hopefully, 2026 will be a better year for the co-op, as I don't want to take on any more responsibility than I have now.
After a year of having no tenants in the family homestead, it looks like we will have some soon. This year, 2025, the house became a money pit for my brother and I, and neither of us expected that we would sink as much money into the house as we did without rent coming in to pay the expenses. Assuming we get someone good to rent the place, I'm hoping that we will sell the place 5 years from now, as I expect I'll need a cash infusion by then.
So, I'll close this entry with a simple wish - have a joyful and prosperous new year!
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