I made it through the three-year mark with little difficulty. A friend reminded me it’s easier if I don’t dwell on things, and, of course, that is true. Anticipation was worse than reality, and that’s pretty much true for most situations. In addition to all the other things I’m juggling (or telling myself I should be juggling), I’ve been dipping my toes back into the photography waters. The last time I was remotely serious about photography, film was the only affordable medium. In 2011, I bought a Fujifilm FinePix 550 compact camera. It had some nice features (and, frankly, is still a fairly decent compact digital camera). But I’ll be doing some traveling later this year, and I think an upgraded camera is in order for that adventure (just as the Finepix was purchased for planned travel in 2011).

A Nikon Z6 III with three lenses has joined the stable. I’m not sure I made the right choice for the three lenses, but time will tell. I had to get a sturdier tripod and a camera bag.

I listed the 1946 Coupe on Facebook Marketplace and have received more responses than the Hemmings’ ad generated. Nobody has stepped forward with cash yet, but we’ll see where this goes. The Coupe is closest to the door. Once it’s gone, I can work on the next step for this.

I’m trying to focus on practicing this quote found on Facebook in the Gratitude Zone: “Life has a particular beauty that only becomes visible when you stop looking for something better. When you set down the version of your life you were supposed to have and pick up the one that you actually have and carry it, not as a consolation prize, but as the exact and specific gift it always was.”

I also remind myself that I keep breathing, because someday, I’ll be glad I did.