A lot has happened since my last entry in 2018.
2019 Covid - we all lost about 2-3 years of our lives, VN did a really great job of managing the pandemic!
2020- Postponed wedding, wrote SOPs for Maple.
2021- Opened new flagship store, converted to Catholicism
2022- Finally visited family in USA and met my niece, got married in May, some sad stuff happened too, but I'd rather not talk about it yet.
2025- Hope to gain Italian Citizenship
Passion Project Updates:
Rescue Animals in District 7 aka RAD7, We have a shelter, more like a transition house for recovery and quarantine of animals in dire need. We have a great team and our main focus this year is TNR, where we trap, neuter, and release cats. There are far too many street cats, and so our organization is targeting the problem at the source. We are also more involved with schools to help students have a better understanding of animal welfare.
Learning Italian, thank goodness I took 3 years in HS, and dated Hispanic guys whose parents didn't speak English. Italian is pretty easy, it's been about 1.5 years since I've started and my listening is high, but producing my own sentences with the right verb tenses has been challenging.
At this point, I don't think anyone is reading this, so it has become my journal. Journaling is a really great way to process things and in today's day in age (is that expression right), especially post covid, people seem to be struggling mentally. I think there has been a spike in online therapy sessions. I know a person who never considered seeing a therapist and stated "why wouldn't I talk to my close friends about my problems, they understand who I am and I don't need to start from the beginning, besides they offer free advice" , this same person is currently seeing 5 different therapists. Going back to my point, journal, it's very therapeutic.
