I'll spare you all the details, here's the executive summary:

• joined the local japanese conversation exchange in the beginning of the year
• visited banff for the first time (yes, I really went half a decade without visiting banff despite being close to it, sue me)
• faced a weird sort of crunch time at work
• moved out of my old house
• took the JLPT N4
• vacations

not looking forward to getting back to work tbh