Last year was a super EXHAUSTING one, the YEAR OF CHANGES also at work and in private as well.
I changed position within company and left the beloved facility service and start working for marketing as event program specialist at the very beginning of the year. Second time to start a position with no help, as I had again nobody to handover the tasks from and also the boss question was open, again. Everything from zero, again. This is a really time consuming process which requires big efforts.
Additionally to this, I initiated some big changes at home as well during springtime. Painting the whole house was due for a long time and also made my old wish completed with covering the floor with laminated parquet for warmer feeling. The walls became much brighter (white or so), therefore the brown antique pickles furniture was replaced with white ones. Looks fresh and nicer. Huge project but happy with the result.
I sold my beloved Chrysler PT Cruiser which I was said went to Ukraine for serving voluntary work.
The boys were both also were facing some changes in the school and in the nursery. Dominik could come back to Budaörs in September at long last after 2 years spent in the 8th district of Budapest, while his school building was renovated. Nolen had to leave his nursery in October and move to another building, as the old one will be distroyed so that a new, modern building can be established instead. Some tears were dropped during the official good-bye ceremony, as it was the very same building where I started to get accustomed to the public spirit before ~40 years ago. So no more nostalgic commemoration standing in front of the building.
Loss of the year was Dominik's electric scooter in summer. The punchline of the story, that it was me who lost it, who was robbed. I was preparing the birthday cakes of the boys and wanted to jump into the supermarket to get some missing ingredients. I used Dominik's scooter, locked, spent 30 minutes in the shop, and by the time I came out, it disappeared. His Christmas present disappeared. It was reported to the police, but no result since then, the case was closed.
I bought my SUP which opens new water perspectives.
After 1.5 year of separated living, I headed for the official way to give forth the divorce by the court of justice. In September, everything was over smoothly, on paper. It will take time to rebuild my old/new life, relationships, feminity, and mainly my self-esteem. Second marriage started on the 17/FEB/2018 and ended officially on the 06/SEP/2024. It was a bit strange to go to Szigetköz together right after the trial for the habitual huge family camp and water tour weekend.
I go further on my way, and don't stop cooking, moving, exploring, discovering new places. Going without him on this way is much calmer and more peaceful. This is what we all need. I have time. No rush. I have everything I need in this life. In this new chapter I should concentrate on myself more.
As for the travels, new places were discovered, some could be ticked from the bucket list. Family vacation (probably the last one) in Steiermark during Easter, Greece in May as a 40th-birthday-gift for my sister, I've been to Barcelona on business in October and could enjoy a Sevilla-Barcelona football match, and the beginning of December was about Lapland, Finland to meet the real Santa Claus, to enjoy snow and the nothern lights.
