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Today is day 108 of 366. It’s kinda fun just writing that down. First, we’re over 100 days into the year! Pretty cool. And, this is a leap year. I dunno why, exactly, but I think leap years are more fun than ordinary 365-day years.

Did you know? Leap year has been a thing since before we started marking the years with A.D. or Anno Domini. In fact we can thank Julius Caesar for the introduction of Leap Year in 45 B.C. The month of July is named after ‘ol JC and August is named after – you guessed it – Augustus Caesar. Also, there was something called the “final year of confusion” in 46 B.C. that lasted 445 days! Craziness. There’s a lot more confusing stuff that happened with the calendar in days (and years) past. For instance, in 1752 A.D. when Britain officially swapped their calendar, Sept. 2 was followed by Sept. 14. I’m grateful to not be living in those days!

At some point during today, we’ll reach the point of 30% completion for the year 2024 A.D. Even with the extra day in February! And for me, this year just keeps getting better! It’s more than “just” the fact that I can say I’ve been in recovery and sober every day of this year. But that’s pretty great, too. I’m feeling a lot of gratitude. Even being able to notice what I’m feeling is pretty fantastic! I’m also pretty stoked this is not a 445 day year! Whew! One extra day will do.