Stronger than 2017

I wrote out a timeline of events to discuss and remissness about. Then I wrote out three pages of what and whose and what-nots on some graph paper (it's somewhere lost in my trunk) and here I am!  I will snap some photos of the pages later....I did give credit and much credit due to my good friend, Dennis.  You may know him from Dennis Has A Podcast (DHAP),  I text him about writer's block and he replied with asking me, what is it you have to say?  From that moment I did pour a bit out on paper.  And yet, I am not sharing that right now, but I will - maybe - soon.

I wasn't present for Kitty's Sarcasm like I have been in past years.  I focused on ME.  I made sure that I healed and protected my space and mind.  Thank you to my Manalopes & Bitchachos who stuck around and understood (understand) that life has seasons and changes and I am in a new space.  I like it.  It's full of peace.  I am still sarcastic as fuck and cuss like a sailor.  Same me, just more focused on entertaining me rather than everyone around me.  I love to entertain you all.  I just learned that I needed to give some of that energy to me again.

This past year (2017) has been a total shit show! As I type this there are just a few minutes left of this damn year.  It started out with a new POTUS.  I wont go all political in my post here but let me say, that's right around the time I began to figuratively and mentally sit in fetal position.

I turned 39 this year and then shortly after ruptured a kidney.  Spent a month on bed rest (you know making sure I stayed out of kidney failure and kept my OEM kidneys) taking morphine pills (who knew they had morphine pills!) and developing an online shopping addiction.

I returned to life after that and encountered a few antagonist type characters and the year basically was just one thing after another.

The year did end extremely well so there is that.

I guess I just am once again, at a loss for words to sum the year up.  I am glad it's over.  I am grateful for another fresh start. I'm ready.



I did have multiple life changing moments for good and for momentarily not so good this year. But as it's said, with the sweet comes the sour and I do love a good sour patch kid.   

One impact full moment this year, was seeing Wonder Woman. There is a line (actually so many lines that are meaningful to me) 
that resonated to me so loudly.  It's in this clip above.  

It's about expecting a battle to be fair.   

So here is to 2018 and some true happiness.  Some comfort. Some hard work.  Some joy.  Some major delectable Martinis and Manhattans!  Some giving.  Some love.  Some of what we all need!

Good Night 2017!  I am praying that I can continue to make my own reproductive choices in the future and that women are finally shown the human decency of the same respect men are shown in 2018.