Welcome back!

 Oh hi there! It's been a hot minutes, right? I mean, it's only been a month, but it sure feels like a helluva lot longer to me.

I had and still have a lot of high hope for the year, but January didn't start all that great to be totally honest. 

The year literally started with being notified that I had been exposed to COVID. I'm vaccinated, but hadn't been boostered yet, so I was really scared. Luckily, I tested negative and also had no symptoms at all. So that was really lucky!

Then I had to make an appointment with my doctor after finding a lump in a place where there should not be a lump. As of now, everything looks okay, but I will probably have to go back in soon for more tests if this issue doesn't sort of resolve itself.

I finally got boostered, which is good, but suffered from some side effects for a few days. It's the price I pay for being fully vaccinated, and it's a price I'm willing to pay, but it still sucked.

Add some stress at work with a role change and basically my life blew up a bit in January.

BUT! February is a new month. I am going to make some small lifestyle changes. I bought a really cheap elliptical. It's not much, but it'll get me moving more at home, which is definitely a good thing. I'm going to try to get back on track with my "diet." I don't believe in diets, but I want to get back to trying to avoid certain foods that I know cause me digestive trouble. 

I also REALLY want to spring clean. I know I've said it several times, but I really feel like spring cleaning is important this year. I move in just over a year and I would rather have a decent piece of the work done before I have to start packing.

I just really want to be healthier.. mind and body. January was incredibly stressful in a new way than 2020 and 2021 were, so I am going into this new month with a better attitude, because what the hell else can I do? 

Okay, that's it for this one, guys. I am going to try to post at least once every five days like I was doing in 2021, but I may need to take breaks depending on my mental health. I have a lot of ideas for 2022 in terms of my blog, so here's for hoping I keep it up!

I'll see you on the next one! If there's anything you want to see, please feel free to comment or something :)

Okay bye!