Here’s the new year (same as the old year?)

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Clint

I’m by far not the only one to observe this but 2022 so far doesn’t seem much different than 2021. And yet, of course it is. My mom and aunt are gone and although our family Xmas celebration went as well as could be expected under the circumstances, it’s nigh impossible not to feel like it was a couple of stockings short. We’ve been feeling sick on and off ever since our convention outing, and some of it has been pretty draining even though any COVID testing we’ve done has come up negative. That said my day job is insisting on people being back in the office (despite escalating infections and the empirical fact that we successfully worked remotely for more than a year) so I can’t help but feel like it’s only a matter of time. Omicron is reportedly milder, especially if you’re vaxxed and boosted, but as someone who is diabetic, overweight, and suffering from sleep apnea I’m not looking forwards to the possibility of rolling the dice, so to speak.

Anyhow, all this means morale at the ranch is still not at any sort of high point and sometimes is pretty low, but Dawn and I are taking all y’all’s advice and moving at a pace we can manage, figuring week to week how our “spoons” are doing. If my day work holds its course it means things will be getting busy very soon and the circumstances of that are going to be extra stressful, which might not be great for the creative juices. But before that we think we’ll be able to get this comic out and another in the week after. Health and spoons permitting.

2 thoughts on “Here’s the new year (same as the old year?)”

  1. ConcordBob

    Thanks for the Spoon Theory work. My wife is battling insomnia related to other conditions, and she often has to husband her energy. Things like a shopping trip to 3 stores can be draining.

  2. Evervigilant

    I can relate on several issues you mention. I too have been work from home, in my case for over 2 years now. The company I work for actually stopped talking about returning to work, we even moved during covid and have a shiny new state of the art office nobody uses. I’m hopeful they will eventually officially make my position work from home but I know they can be stubborn. I’m not too worried about Omicron, I’ve had the J&J shot, no booster though. I too have sleep apnea and am a bit overweight. My best friend who was also vax’d but no booster had Omicron and it was mild. 2022 I hope goes better than 2021. Split with wife of 10 years and some other issues I won’t go into made 2021 a year I’d like to forget. As I hit my mid 50’s more and more people I grew up with are no longer with us to the point I have started to accept it as an unfortunate side effect of my age. Still new family members and friends ease the pain of losing loved ones. Life is a circle and it goes on. Sorry for the rambling post. I wish you and yours the very best for 2022 and know things will get better.

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