2012

Here we are and happy new year!!!

This holiday has been far from that,....well...maybe...a good mix of resting and thinking and doing and drinking!!! With the help of a friend's partner the kitchen is almost done...the living room is....the hall is except a wee bitty causing a problem but we will get there...and then the bedroom....get rid of that blood red colour!!!..and the spare room?...stripped back with built in wardrobe destroyed...anything recyclable has been taken up to the office for use as planter covers...so a lot has been done...actually looking at that...quite a lot!! We are working on Monday to finish things off...fumes ahoy!!

So I have today to do nothing but potter about and tidy up....and the show tonight....just remembered that a few mins ago..could be doing without it but then...it is all about my music..and that's why I do it! Work on Monday in the flat then Tuesday off and back to work on Wednesday...boooooooo!!! Still have the garden waste to burn so hopefully we can get that done on Saturday.

Work is, as at today's date, only set until March this year...just the usual as usual.,....but there are moves to tie funding in to a 5 year project..which would be interesting and nice to have a base here and within the job as well...relaxing about the future for 5 years!! We shall see....whatever happens I do intend to strike a work life balance....having had the time to think I realised I had stopped doing long days and taking on extra work BUT I then realised I had simply crammed in those same extra things into a normal working day..putting pressure on me to complete more work with no extra time..what a div!!! So the plan is to be more realistic about it and to plan in order to do so. Lots of folk interested in volunteering but it takes a lot to put the show on the road....so need to get on top of that.

Also, had a look at personal life choices...what I invest my money in...too much in beer to be honest....and this will change....I am a member of the council gym system but I have decided to join...and indeed have...a very pricey gym. This is in order to increase the core strength and stamina for work and for me AND to look after myself/pamper myself....by using the pool, jacuzzi and steam room/sauna. Thursday and Friday will def be a jacuzzi day but the heat/massage will reduce the aches and pains I feel after a day out and about. I went in yesterday for a swim and jacuzzi....what a difference to have a shower and come out not feeling freezing..hurrah!!!! I did not take this on simply as a new year resolution...it has been a long time coming and I fully intend to keep it going. Anyway..it is very nice and I am sure lots of folk go as a kind of badge of social status,....but not for me!!!

As for personal life...well...saw the bells in in a bar with a friend....whisky in hand and a tear in the eye,.....raised a glass to dad.....the end of what can only be described as "traumatic" year...the illness..the death....the logistics....break ups and trauma...but there has also been good times in amongst that...but anyway....it was time to say goodbye to that year and I did. Dad wouldn't want us to linger over him in a negative way....so I intend to do that...move on in a positive way....and it may be more positive than could ever have been expected..but we shall see. I guess I just want a "normal" year...as normal as it gets for me....a boring year perhaps? I saw so many folks out last night...looking totally pissed off!!!?????..don't get it...if you are out...relax and enjoy...we did!

All pretty positive really....and I look forward to see what this year brings.