I just read my last post, which has been a while. For my readers out there, I’m sorry I’ve been slacking on my writing lately. Apparently my nephews and brother-in-law are big fans of my work here, so thank you guys for motivating to keep going with this.

Since my last post a few months ago, I did another road trip for the holidays, so that was even more time to ponder what next steps to take while driving for miles, and miles. I can’t help but feel that 2024 has some challenges in store for me, maybe for all of us. Then again, isn’t that what a typical year does anyway?

I’ve recently learned of a friend passing away, and just found out today a long time friend of mine lost his wife the other day. I notice how I’m starting to hear more about that sort of thing as I get older. That sort of thing does seem to make you think about how the days ahead should look. I’ve given this a lot of thought lately. A friend of mine keeps giving me a reminder now and then to think about your last seven days. As in, what do you want your last seven days on earth to look like? I used to get annoyed at him asking me, because I truly didn’t know the answer. Interestingly enough, while traveling I visited a friend in Orlando who was really getting into watching videos about properties in Italy for sale, for amazingly low prices. Watching these videos myself took me right back to my time in Europe, which was mainly spent in Germany. The thought then came to me, that is one place I can see spending my final seven days. Europe as always felt a part of me since living there. I’ve already been thinking about ending up there for a long time now. It’s just funny how you have to work at developing the picture when you’ve known how it’s going to look all along sometimes.

My current plan is to rent the house out again once the projects can finally end, which they’ll have to eventually because I’m running out of money to do so. I plan to lay low for a while and pay the tab for this year long house renovation project that still isn’t over yet. Once I pay off some debt, well, then it’s time to figure out what to do next.

I’m looking around my office as I’m writing this post, and it looks like a great representation of what my life feels like at the moment. Everything is a bit disheveled, stuff in boxes, my guitars, camera equipment, backpacks, etc. I’ve been working for a while on getting everything in order, but not quite there yet. Feels like what this year has in store for me on a grander scale. Let’s see how well we all survive this one.