2024 Year in Review - from where I sit
As I got older I started to feel as though after my birthday in mid-July the rest of the year goes into double time speed. This year it seemed to be on turbo speed. As I sit here on the last Monday of 2024 I thought I would share my thoughts on this year. At this time last year our youngest son was starting his last half of senior year at HS, our oldest still in his dorm. We were in getting and waiting on notifications from colleges mode, one school in the bag so there was that, and getting payments in for all the stuff senior year brings.. yearbooks, caps/gowns..tux rental for prom was still a few months away. By the middle of the year we were planning a new venture at URI for the son, finding an apartment for the eldest. Finding an apartment in NYC is a survivor level sport. I had forgotten, it was bad when I was looking for apartments, what the hell are the first, last month rents with security deposits that are the size of small nations GDP? ...
