Well here we are on the eve of the eve of another holiday. Rather, a so-called holiday, I don't really celebrate New Year's, usually. Probably won't this year either. At least not in any way to distinguish it from any other night of the week. But I'm sure, despite the fact that the world doesn't magically change with the turning of the calendar page, everyone will be happy to see this sorry excuse of a year put to rest. Remember how it started? Full of hope and promise? Neither do I. But it did, it did.
It's been a ridiculous ride.
But to pretend for a moment that I've spent this week celebrating the approach of the end of the year, I will note that I took another trip to San Francisco this past Sunday. Did a walk around the city, stopping at Amoeba Records to shop for CD's, and a New York style pizza joint for lunch, the Disney Store to buy some Christmas ornaments at half price, and finishing with a stroll down the Embarcadero. That's not an unusual trip for me, but we can pretend it was to honor the end of 2020. Why not?
The other night I took a stroll as the sun was setting to our local Starbucks for some hot cocoa. I've done a lot of walking to a lot of Starbucks this year, in-between all of the hours I spent not working or somewhat working from home. What a wild ride!
The sunset was nice at least, as clouds had been passing through the area, offering a nice canvas to reflect and define the rays of light as the colors slid from orange to pink to blue and violet, with every shade in between. And then, darkness. I actually started out a little late, so it was dark well before I made it to my cocoa destination.
But I made it to the Natomas Crossing Starbucks, one of three within reasonable walking distance of my home base apartment. And honestly it's the nicest and friendliest one in the area. They also make their cocoa somehow taste better. More...chocolatey. As if they added, well, more chocolate. In any case, I think I'll need to go to this one more often. That almost sounds like a resolution...but it's not. Just a promise to myself to acquire the best cocoa possible.
And tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and to treat myself and celebrate the fact that I survived this year relatively unscathed, I'm taking a little road trip up the hill to the Auburn area to explore some new hiking areas. New to me, that is. This one should be a 6.5 mile loop trail around Sugar Pine Peak, assuming I can find it okay. Adventure!
And that will round out 2020. I might watch a movie on Disney Plus tomorrow night, make some popcorn, drink some alcohol. I did in fact buy some Mike's Hard Strawberry Lemonade. Party on! That's about as much partying as I do on New Year's. Or any other day, really. Wild man! On Friday morning we will all awake into a new year, with new dreams and new possibilities, steeped in the reality that it's really not much different than the day before. Or the day before that. Or the day before that. And so on.
Happy New Year! Or whatever.
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