Yea, Verily, Your Heart's Deepest Desire

[mallorys_camera]

Woke up at an unconscionably early hour, which meant I had to will myself back to sleep, which meant I had crazy, sticky dreams—most of which I can’t remember (of course.)

But there were cats and bunkbeds and a guy who looked like the male lead on Catastrophe (funny Brit show) who really should not be attractive and yet somehow is attractive.

I was supposed to meet RTT at 9:30 am to talk about something really important, but every time I looked at a clock in the dream, I couldn’t make out the time. They were all analog clocks (if that’s an important detail.)

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Today is the day I traditionally read through my journals from the past year.

It’s never a ritual I look forward to since my main reaction to most things I do when I view them in retrospect is, What a fucking idiot you were.

I’ve been invited to a festive New Year’s Dinner tonight, which I really don’t want to go to. But I couldn’t think of any graceful way to decline the invitation, so shortly must scamper out to the market for a bouquet of flowers and a bottle of sparkling white wine.

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New Year’s Day is the real liminal space for me.

The day whose events set the subtexts for the coming year.

I am thinking there is no way I can get out of spending tomorrow cramming for my upcoming IRS certification exam, and that is a real shame ‘cause I don’t want 2023 to be about tax law.

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Meanwhile, I wish all of you a wonderful new year that brings you all good things, yea, verily, your heart’s deepest desire!

Comments

[lethe1]

Happy New Year!

Can't you start cramming on 2 January?

[mallorys_camera]

Yeah, I can. 😀

And I will.

[asakiyume]

The subtexts are always most fulfillingly and revealingly interpreted in retrospect--who knows what *else* will be happening/you'll be doing that you don't realize is happening/you're doing on that first day of 2023 ... mere hours away now. Here's to a lively and happy new year <3

[mallorys_camera]

Exactly!

Wishing all good things to you and the people you care about, my friend.

[ethereal_waves]

Wishing you a happy and wonderful new year! 💜

[mallorys_camera]

You, too, my friend.

Winters are tough in Maine, but by golly, when springtime comes, you're earned it! 😀. And it is beautiful beyond compare.

[smokingboot]

I have tended to treat New Years Day as the day the kitchen absolutely must be cleaned, and dull life begins again, but now you've shown it to me as a gift of liminal space, I intend to follow your example. Happy New Year!

[mallorys_camera]

Well, if you do clean the kitchen, it will remain clean for the rest of the year. 😀

But, yes. You should try to have a couple of magical experiences, too.