weekly update

Goodbye 2022, Hello 2023

Posted on by Lindsey
a collage of images including the "eat cheese and sin" rat, a cat in sunglasses, a bi-pride flag covered in the words "women with swords and men with booty shorts," among other whimsical and silly images.

I know I have said this before, but every time I sit down to write an end-of-the-year post I’m like “eh, nothing happened” and it’s never true. Although I suppose for this year, it may be more accurate to say that I don’t have any big thoughts or commentary about the year. That said, here are the hits of 2022:

  • I took and passed the DELE exam (finally!!)
  • We went to Iceland! I got to pet an Icelandic goat!
  • I read 51 books.
  • I went to a few Sac Ballet performances with my friends and I saw a play called Proclivity for Kiting.
  • I knit some cool socks, a hat, and a giant sweater.
  • I started a new job again. I dearly hope I don’t need to find a job again this year. I can’t take it.
  • I made some good foods and tried making some new things like samosas and a bakewell tart.
  • I finished vision therapy after 52 weeks!
  • I tried weed for the first (and second) time and found it underwhelming. I’m already unhinged when I’m sober so it doesn’t do a lot for me.
  • We (mostly Kirk) set up a gym in the garage and we got a new air conditioning for our house. Homeownership!
  • I got to perform in a dance recital on an actual stage and wear a pink top hat! Fashion!
a sign in front of a classroom door with a room number and a sign taped on that says "DELE C1 21/05/2022"
DELE time
A view of the water at Orcas island at sunset. There are trees in shadow to one side and the shiloutte of a man in a hat on a very small boat
Orcas at twilight
a rubric showing the results of the DELE exam broken down by category and the overall score of "APTO" (passed)
DELE scores
a program and ticket for the Chrysalis show at the Sacramento Ballet in the foreground with a blue curtain closed over the stage in the background
doing some culture
Program for a play called Proclivity for Kiting held up so you can see the set in the background
Proclivity for Kiting
me ready for my jazz dance performance. I'm wearing a pink top hat, sparkly black bow tie, and a black vest over a white shirt. I have glittery gold eye makeup and red lipstick on.
ready for jazz
Kirk and I standing together in front of the camera, looking tired and trying to look like we're having fun. The glacial lake is in the background.
Kirk and I at vantajökull
Something like a shelf of waterfalls formed from lava cooling over a river. Brown rock covered in fall colors and water cascading into a light-blue river. A rainbow makes takes this photo completely over the top. Truly insane beauty.
A beautiful day at Hraunfossar
I am crouching down to pet a white Icelandic goat. I look ecstatic (and cute)! The group is in the goat enclosure with everyone being hyped about goats
petting and Icelandic goat!
socks in a greyish yarn with pops of varigated color, blue cuff, heel and toe
Red Robin socks
a pair of handknit socks with a varigated purple yarn as the main color and a creamy color on the cuff and toe. There's a small cable pattern running along the side of the sock.
Hazelnut socks
multi-colored blue, knitted beret with a cable pattern repeating in a circle
a finished beret
freshly fried samosas on a cooling rack. The samosas have bubbled up and browned with frying
homemade samosas
a small plate of cookies. The cookies are marbled, consisting of chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla doughs rolled together. Each cookie is unique.
neopolitan cookies
two round loaves of pan de muerto on a wire rack
annual pan de muerto
Lito and I smiling at the camera with a beautiful view in the background. There's a very blue lake, pine trees, and stormy clouds rolling in
Lito and I in Lake Tahoe
a slice of tart on a black plate. the tart has a thin layer of jam on the botton, an almondy paste, and is covered in almond slivers. A red tart pan with the rest of the tart is in the background.
bakewell tart
a view of our garage gym showing a squat rack that only stands about a foot from the wall and has a pull-up bar. There's a bench standing up and tucked in the rack. There are weight plates off to one side.
garage gym!
me, looking like a cyborg or something. I'm wearing a face mask and glasses. I have a red/green 3D lenses on plus a "flipper" set of lenses that chances the magnification. It's too much for one face.
this is what vision therapy looks like

I usually have a lot of ideas about what I want to do in the new year, but this year I have nothing. I have no specific goals and that feels good right now. I don’t mean to say that I’m going to do nothing (have you met me? lol), but I don’t have any grand gestures planned for my life at the moment. I plan to keep working on my Spanish and Icelandic, and going to dance classes. I’m sure I’ll find some new things to bake and I have many knitting patterns in my queue. That’s plenty for right now.

Finally, I present my 2023 mood board, featuring the vibes I hope to carry through this year. We’re having a good time, being weird, and bringing chaos and destruction upon our enemies. Here’s to the new year!

a collage of images including the "eat cheese and sin" rat, a cat in sunglasses, a bi-pride flag covered in the words "women with swords and men with booty shorts," among other whimsical and silly images.
2023 mood board
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Lindsey