Keep on keeping on...

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It's one of those odd days where I am not really sure what I want to write about. I figured since I am probably just going to ramble on for a bit, I would throw this post in the #reflections community. It was created by @tarazkp a while ago and I am abundantly grateful that he did. Make no mistake, it isn't a catch all community, but it is a great place to put thoughts into writing and hope that something sticks.

I can't promise this post will be as profound as most of the ones that he writes, but sometimes, you just need to put hands to keyboard and see what comes out.

I've noticed over the past couple of months that Hive has kind of slowed down. I'll probably write a bit more about it in my finance post tomorrow, but right now it feels like the whole crypto space has ground to a halt. It wasn't unexpected and I know it isn't nearly as dramatic as I make it sound, but it's still obvious enough that it's hard not to notice it.

As @whywhy pointed out the other day even at $61,000 BTC is still way up from the average of $27,500 it held in May of last year. Maybe I was being a bit dramatic earlier...

Official stats would possibly prove otherwise but as I said, comments and content seems to have significantly slowed down on Hive. Despite that, I plan on continuing the same way I have been for the past six years. I've built something pretty cool here and I'm not about to abandoned it.

@mrsbozz and I took some big steps the other day when we packed up some of Jovi's old stuff and took it to the humane society to donate. We still had about 3/4 of a bag of her (semi expensive) dog food and I was worried that if we left it out the ants might start showing up and getting into it.

I had also recently gotten about 7 bags of treats by using up some points from a rewards program that the Blue Buffalo company was shuttering. Finally, we took in one of her old collars that we never really used and a bunch of blankets and washable rugs for them to use with the animals there.

They asked if we wanted to come in and look around, but we declined. It's still too fresh for us, we are doing better, but I still have the occasional morning where I find myself crying alone in my office.

We recently used an online service to have one of her photos turned into a canvas. It is now hanging in our living room at the top of the stairs so she can still look out the window like she used to when she was alive. That was one of her favorite spots.

Oh shoot, there I go again with the crying...

As part of our canvas order we got a free smaller size print of our choice. I really wanted something to put in my office at work, so I picked the photo above to have printed on a canvas. When it arrives I will hang it on the wall next to my so I can look at it every day.

I should have done this when she was still with us.

My friend @diamonddave has been going through some rough medical stuff lately. Right now I control his account, but I have been meaning to get him set up on Ecency sometime so that he can start writing about it should he feel like it. I know that long form content isn't for everyone though, but maybe with some of the other front ends he might be able to start creating.

Does @liketu have a mobile app? That would be ideal for him I think.

Meanwhile, it's also his wife's (@mrsbozz's best friend) birthday today, so a very happy Birthday to her! Sadly she is going to be spending most of the day at the hospital as @diamonddave gets some more tests done, but hopefully they can find a little time to celebrate!

I met up with @a4xjeeper for dinner a couple of weeks ago (I really need to get him set up on Ecency too). It was the first time I have talked to him in person for a while and it was really nice to catch up. He had a Coca Cola silver round to give me (which I already posted about), and I had some old tires that I needed to transfer over to him. I got new wheels on my truck recently and he was interested in keeping the old rims around (just in case).

We went to a local bar that I have never visited before. It's called The Duel Bar and it's literally out in the middle of nowhere. I actually think it used to be a guys house and he decided to turn it into a bar one day. I could be wrong though.

The food was quite good, and the conversation was even better. I might have mentioned that @a4xjeeper recently purchased a large commercial property to move his business to. Unfortunately, like many of us he is playing the waiting game to actually get into the property. After the closing he gave the current owners 90 days to get out of the building and they will likely take the full 90 days. It's safe to say he is chomping at the bit to get in there and start making it his own.

Whether it's test results, waiting for the markets to move, getting over the loss of our dog, or real estate moves, it kind of feels like we are all in a state of limbo right now. The best thing we can do is "keep on keeping on" like the title of this post suggests.

I've got a big update for you tomorrow if you have been following some of my other posts lately. Make sure you stop back and find out what it is!