Truth time: We went back and forth about whether or not to post this outtake for the finale of the August 2018 Lexington apartment series. We’ve mentioned previously about the awful way that 2022 ended for us — the long illness and eventual death of Holden’s mother, ongoing icy relations with some close family members, the busy season at H’s job, among other challenges — and we were both hitting the bottle pretty hard. Sometimes just to be able to forget things long enough to get to sleep at night.
But we have used the turning of a new year to reevaluate some bad habits, and we have both drastically curtailed our alcohol consumption over the past several weeks. So far, insomnia has been the biggest aggravation in terms of withdrawal symptoms, though we’re both sleeping much better once we do fall asleep. The benefits, however, are far outweighing the negatives, and we’re both feeling as healthy, alert, and happy as we’ve been in a long time.
Best wishes to you all… especially to those who are still reading these posts! 😉 ~C
Still reading here, of course; and happy to hear about your news!
Nice photo, Camille, gorgeous!
Thank you very much, and we appreciate the comment! 🙂 ~C
Still following, reading, and LOVING every post, repost, outtake, and updated prose for all your series! 💜
CONGRATS to you both for overcoming your challenges, all while continuing to excite, arouse, and entertain us — WELL DONE and please keep at it! 💋
xoxo/K
P.S. Still looking forward to our collaborative photo shoot with that gorgeous body of yours! 🤗
How very sweet of you, Krystal! Thanks so much! We’re so determined to make 2023 a remarkable year, and we have a couple of trips in the works that are sure to make memories, but it doesn’t look like we’re going to run out of outtakes to explore anytime soon! 😉 ~C
I’m still here and reading! I’m glad to hear that you seem to have turned the corner on what was a bad year.
Thank you! Yes, we’re very optimistic about the new opportunities that are ahead for us, and hoping for good health to make the most of them. 🙂 ~C
Hi,
As always, still reading and looking at all of your posts. At times I will look at the related posts and think wow, I missed that one.
Sorry to learn that both of you had issues and challenges last year. Very glad to hear that both of you are addressing the issues and not slow you down.
Thanks for looking back and sharing this with us!
Much appreciated, Marc, as usual! 🙂 Hopefully our challenges are behind us (*knock on wood*), and we can look forward to some new exciting plans… ~C