And so we begin a happy new year, random visitors to cammy.somnol. I know the people at the store are ringing in 2023 in style; had a guy sitting in the cafe for three hours drinking Natural Ice and nursing a bottle of Xanax, pacing very bizarrely and apparently buying lots of cigars. There was another one at the store today (day off but we had to run in for milk) pressed up against the glass window in the front, staring and making faces.

I'll admit, I did not end off 2022 the healthiest camper. I've built up a lot of bad habits in the past year, some behavioral, some dietary, some mental. 2022 was very much the year of necessary change and a lot of good news that never quite felt like good news. A lot of that was due to a lot of extra stress I put on myself, and a feeling of not being able to finish anything. It felt like I was doing a lot and never getting anything good out of it.

2023 is the year of all that stress and hard work paying off. The past few days have been great. Very free-feeling, no stress, and things are starting to feel very real and warm and gooey between me and Caby again. Stuff is moving! I got my photos done today, but the actual passport filing requires an appointment we didn't know about, so I'll be going back on the 10th for that. I like to think this is all a very good omen for the rest of the year.

I've made it a point several times to myself, Caby, and the lads that the only things we have to do are our real-world obligations and everything else is a hobby. As I alluded to in a previous journal, I'm going to be moving a bunch of my subsites to archives and calling them finished. I did the last round of backups with them as active sites last night. I want as few things as possible up in the air, and even if they weren't a focus, having them officially done is honestly quite the mental pick-me-up. I've found that my favorite part of any project is when you cut half of it out to be able to officially release it finally.

For new stuff, I have some pages for this site I'm slowly completing, and I'd like to get back into the art thing after taking a few weeks off to destress. Really, I'd like to do everything. I have a story idea in my head and decently thought out (just need to get it down), site pages looking promising (some returning from the old cammy.somnol, some brand new), a new mari.somnol that really takes the Mac OS 8 concept and look to its logical conclusion (plus just features way more of me than even v2 did), music???? God I'd love to make some more music. Perhaps I'll do an EP. Four tracks, in and out.

Have a card from Caby that finally came last night!! (There's a goddamn essay written inside with another Cammy, but that's just for us~) Look! She made this in her dining room and I'm holding it! She's real!

Oh my gosh I love this boy, I need to find a good way to start displaying cards. Orange Cammy is kind of a vibe,,,,