February 4th 2017

Hello everyone,

It's been a while since I've written an update.
mainly because I don't feel the need to vent, which is a good thing. It means I am doing well.
I still am, actually better than ever before. Still I feel I owe you an update.

The plans of moving has been discarded for now, it's going to be a lot harder than we thought, so we moved these ideas to the future. We have been redecorating our house and put a lot of time in it. It looks so nice now, more like our place, with no remnants of the past left.
We plan to put a lot of photos and pictures everywhere. The thing I am most excited about is pictures of art that inspires us, which we want to hang in the hobby room.

Which brings us to the next subject; I have been drawing a lot lately. More practice to be honest, but it's going so well, I can see a huge improvement. The skills I've been picking up during my practice I will take with me to my "to draw" list which currently holds 48 projects.

I will also keep practicing on the side, after my current practice which is a study of materials, I will practice landscapes and cityscapes.

I am really excited about that, but the thing that worries me is that I do not have enough time to do everything I want, because I want to do everything at the same time!

Now on to another subject, last December for the Christmas days Leda's parents came over. We had an awesome time, even though it was a bit exhausting for me. I enjoyed their company and it made me feel like I am part of the family, something which I am not used to... so it's still a bit weird for me, but it feels warm at the same time. On Christmas day I picked up my dad and we had a nice family dinner all together. I can say it was the nicest Christmas I had in years. It was a bit of a pity my brother didn't come, but maybe next year.

Work isn't going as good as before, ever since the switch to the new program (and a new way of working) I lost responsibilities. The responsibilities I had made the work more challenging. Also the unrealistic goals given to us makes me indifferent about finishing my work. I am still trying hard, but I am not upset anymore if I cannot finish my work in time. This is because I know it is not my fault.
Maybe this is a good thing for me since I can let it all go and have a relaxed mind.
On the other hand the passion I once had is gone, but do I really need it? I don't think I do. I found that I'm much more worth and have much more fun in my private life now I am able to let go of all these things. What the future holds we will find out, but for now I am satisfied with how things are going. I am doing the things I have to do at work, I have energy to do the fun things I want to do at home. I say I have everything perfectly balanced.

I guess that's all there is to say for now.

See you guys another time.