It is the end of the year. On reflection, it was a bad year. When I read the headlines of what was bad, I can neither find sufficient counterweight of positives or forget that there are other small annoyances bubbling at frequent intervals. Previous years were worse.

This evening I am staying at home. This is not so much of a problem - I am not a huge fan of NYE - but it does give pause and reminds me that 1 year ago I was very happy in Prague with N and that things did feel like they were getting back to normal. 2 months later, they got much worse.

In 36 hours I am flying to Krakow for a 10 day trip through Poland, Slovakia, and the Moravian bit of the Czech Republic before a final few days in Prague.

Apart from that, I have no idea what 2024 holds.