Hey, Kid!
Hey to you as well, Folks!
Happy holidays, yeah?
I participated in a Secret Santa with my coworkers.
It was fun!
I am not sure if you all know what that is, or if you are in America, where this sort of thing is popular, lol.
In short, all of our coworkers put our names in a bag/box, and draw one blindly. Whoever you draw, you buy a gift for! It is simple. We agree on a flexible spending limit, and off we go!
I was gifted FIVE new bow ties, a pair of fine gloves, and an immaculate candle!
That was quite the gift!
I gifted my Secret Santa a box of high-end cigars, as that is what he wanted.
I hope he enjoys all of them!
I hope that you all have been doing well, and that you are blessed with a handful of cool coworkers, like me.
The holiday cheer has been very helpful with numbing the pain of my recent breakup, lbvs!
I hope it stays that way!
LMAO!
I...
I joke about a lot of things, you know?
But I really did like her.
I did.
I hate that it played out the way it did, but I refuse to stand on my laurels. I need to not only take note of red flags, but also to avoid those who project them, regardless of what I find attractive about them, or how close to me they are or become.
Don't worry about me, I've been through worse.
I am okay, I promise, lol.
I will let you get to what you came for, and I hope it finds you well.
See you soon, Kid.
You as well, Folks.
Enjoy!
(The Slappery-Slappish-Slappington 3000.1 activates and readies itself for a fantastic voyage! One that only Santa's sleigh could envy! I wonder if Santa's ride can go back in time as this girl can!?)
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April 6th, 2022.
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Dear You.
I didn't add any of the more negative facts, I guess.
-COVID-19 is still ravaging the planet.
-Russia has gone to war with Ukraine.
-Will Smith slapped Chris Rock.
There is so much going on here in 2022.
Wild, wild world.
I miss you.
I love you.
I hope that I am alive and of solid mind to read this with you one day.
Or just to talk to you about it and anything else you could ever need.
Stay vigilant.
-Dad.
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(The Slappery-Slappish-Slappington 3000.1 Sploorps me back into 2025 just in time for me to be back here where I was just before I left here when I did! Beat that speed, Santa!)
Hmm.
-According to this date, I was less than a month from moving out of my old place and into the studio apartment in which I now reside.
-The world was in a weird place, but it seemed at that point as if it was starting to get a bit better. No one really knew, because the American government was not the most reliable when it came to news updates...
Now it almost seems as if it never happened.
As if we all weren't locked inside our homes for days and weeks and in some cases, months.
What a strange species we are.
-Ukraine is still currently at war with Russia as I write this, and as you read it...
War... What is it good for?
What is it solving?
All of the death and misery...
For what?
I don't understand humanity, you know?
Why are we so prone to violence and disagreement?
Hmm.
-I am a HUGE Will Smith fan; nonetheless, I am pretty sure that the whole slap thing was probably just another government-funded distraction, lbvs.
They probably passed some bill or another that they would have rather passed quietly.
Whatever it was, it worked.
We are a simple species, lol.
-I am still here, Kid.
You are not.
I hate that fact, you know?
Well... I suppose if you aren't here just yet, you wouldn't know.
Maybe one day.
I will... try to write until then, and then till as long after as I can.
I won't give up just yet.
I still have a crush on the brown-eyed girl at the coffee shoppe, and who knows where that could go, yeah?
We talk, lol.
The future is what it will be, and that isn't for us to know until we do, you know?
I will leave you all at that, and I hope the holidays are going well for you all!
If I were wealthy, I would try to send all of you thank-you cards and gifts, but alas, I work this full-time job and live from paycheck to paycheck, lol.
And you know what?
That's okay too.
Life is as it is for all of us, not always what we make it.
May the holidays be kind to you and yours, yeah?
I love you all, and I will see you soon enough!
Have a good and safe holiday, Folks.
You as well, Kid.
Safe travels, Folks.
And as always:
Stay safe.
Stay healthy.
Stay vigilant.
-Bluu.