It’s that time of the year where new things are a common occurence. You have the New Years Resolution’s folks (who by now, have already dropped off the radar with their resolutions by smokin’ or cheatin’ on their diets or their big plans to stop swearin’ or to be organised)…. and then you have the ‘others’, who wait for the New Years folks to give up so that they can start livin’ a normal life again (whatever ‘normal’ is!) I fall somewhere right inbetween — resolving to not make resolutions and then failing that by making resolutions which ultimately, have failed. Auch, why bother! But, I did want to make one resolution this year and that was trying to keep in touch with my friends and family all over the place. I’m stuck here in a two-horse town village with family in some sort of close-but-not-close-enough-but-stay-your-distance proximately from here of about an hour to two hours. I’ve also resolved this year to try and pick up some of my old “hobbies” which I’ve had to in recent years abandon… art, music and (believe it or not) fitness ones too.  As I head to the big 3-0, I’ve had some time to ponder what has been lost and to mourn that…. but if any of you out there really know me, you know that back in my mind (in that dusty, dark, cob-webbed corner) that I’m a stubborn-arsed, pig-headed Scot-at-heart who refuses to give up and absolutely will not be won-over by those who think have had the upper-hand at issues in my life. It  may have been a while but darnnit! I’m not giving up. I will begin to once again do the things I used to do in life, whether in brings me pain or grief or joy or whatever….

So, 2008 will be a busy freakin’ year with lots of things on the go. You will get to join me on my magic carpet ride of me finishing my BA and finishing also my Teacher’s College…. to my new job that is just a contract one but still a pretty cool one where a co-worker of mine could very well be the Mister Homer J. Simpson himself… to the fan-bloody-tastic joys of a deployment to Afghanistan and the joyous pain-in-the-arse things that go along with that such as pre-deployment stress/anxiety/freak-outs/cry-fests/chips & dip nights as Bergy goes about his training… the actual deployment which is pretty much all I just wrote about but intensified a hundred-fold… spending Valentines alone, spending Halloween alone (which is just sad, it’s much more fun with others) and spending Christmas alone too…. and pray I don’t go mental…  So, what I’m saying is this blog isn’t just going to be happy-happy-joy-joy sometimes but I’m going to do my best to make the best out of a really crappy situation. I’ve always done best by taking my worst experiences and trying (and knowing) I could help others which is what gets me through the rough points.

The blog will also cover other cool things like — the book I’m writing! It’s going to be really interesting in a fun way… I don’t want to explain it yet — I’ll do it in another entry someday in the near future but I don’t want someone else stealing the idea too (someone who can afford to do what needs to be done in order for the book to go forward and who is a faster writer than me with more will-power, stamina and well… who isn’t as lazy as me!)

Speaking of lazy….

I really need to spend 2008 to get back into shape. I’ve been a pretty chunky person for years (um - no secret there, it’s not like I didn’t notice, believe me! You can stop pretending!) but - it was only last year when I was away at school for the five months that I lost my fit-fat status. Now I’m just fat. So, things will be a plodding along shortly on that one. As many of you know I gimped my wrist at a workplace accident almost five years ago while working at an (un)safe w0rkplace ass0ciation (haaaaaaaaaa, God that Irony — with a capital I — gets me every time) so that injury also came with a 60-70 pound weight-gain. My plan of attack is to find things and modify it instead of just saying “I can’t do it” anymore…. there’s not enough things I can do without modifying so it’s not a choice any longer. Besides, there’s nothing to do in this bloody place, I may as well do *something* with my time! Besides, I’ll be one-hot mama when Bergy gets back from Afghanistan!

I suppose that’s it for an introduction today. Welcome to the New Beginnings and feel free to look around. I’m going to try and get up some art galleries, maybe some music clips (if I am brave enough to play for you) and other fun stuff as I see fit! Enjoy

Posted on January 22nd, 2008 by admin
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