New Year!

OK, now that i'm settled into Notting Hill again (after four hours worth of delays in the Heathrow airport), having had dinner and settled myself comfortably infront of the luxury that is foxtel, i have a chance to get back to some of my regular blog-stuff. Like looking back over last year. I remember that there was a meme that went around; you wrote the first sentences from your first posts each month. Supposedly, it should give you an overview of the year, of what you were thinking... Let's see.

JANUARY

New Year's Eve; I'm starting to think that the evening is always somewhat of a let down.

OK, i'll agree with that, i pretty much think that every year!

FEBRUARY

It's official. I'm home!

Haha, i can probably repeat that one again too.

MARCH

I should inform any of those who do not yet know: i suffer from a guilt complex.

True. 100% true. Always remember that about me; try not to abuse the guilt complex!!

APRIL

Yesterday was a good day.

That's always good to know!

MAY

Anyone who ever wants to know me needs to know two things...

Don't you want to know what they are now?

JUNE

Ok, so i JUST got home.

Hehe, i was drunk when i was writing that post. Always interesing.

JULY

I never thought that i'd be cut out for a life saving the world - but, with my new talents, i think that i could have a new career.

Good to know i'll always have a back up if i flunk out of law.

AUGUST

Today was so much fun.

I love it when i can say that. But i happen to know that, retrospectively, this may not have been such a great day after all... but screw retrospection, long live living for the moment!

SEPTEMBER

I've lost my voice.

Calamity! Me without my voice is like... like... like a dog without a waggy tail?

OCTOBER

I've spent the last two days in bed, too tired to move after throwing up all night long.

Well, thankfully, that's not a representative of the entire year!

NOVEMBER

Ok, he does one line, i did the next. Can you pick who went first?

I do like poetry. And so does the Irishman. Fun times.

DECEMBER

It's been my last week at stateswim before i go away.

I'm so proud that i've held down jobs and passed uni this year.

Well... this is hardly representative of the year. But it does tell me one thing - i really need to work on my opening sentences!

Maybe i'll be better off just recapping the year in fresh words. I've got to say that, honestly, 2007 was one of my more crappy years. And i'm not just being melodramatic. It seemed like it was a dark and gloomy year, where i spent more time feeling like i was fighting my way out from underwater than i did swimming on the surface. Sure, there were things that i liked; i loved working at church, i loved spending so much time with kids, getting a little more confident, i liked growing up a little and striking out on my own, i had some fun nights out. But on the whole, those things just didn't seem to cancel out the bad things; the fights with my parents, missing my friends (both those overseas and those still around), all of the changes, struggling with uni, not fitting into my 'spot' anymore socially, no longer feeling comfy at church - re: my safe place, having more disasters in the male area than the first fleet had with scurvy, having no self-confidence, just generally feeling lost...

But that was last year. Things have been different since i've come away and i'm not going to let 2008 be the same. Bring it on!!

Annabel