Starting over

Tomorrow I start my new job. I will be contracting to a law firm as the IT manager, and I'm very nervous and excited. This is a risk for me, but I go in with my eyes open.

The past week (Christmas, Dee's birthday and New Year) has been spent with my family, whom I have a great love for. Our Christmas was quiet and controlled, as mentioned previously, and the time leading up to the 29th was spent quietly potting about our homes.

For Dee's birthday, we went on a dinner steam train from Queenscliff to Drysdale return. It is a sunset trip and takes about an hour there, an hour at Drysdale to enjoy the countryside and a spit roast meal, and the return trip was enjoyed as the sun when down over the Bellarine Peninsula. You can learn about it here http://www.bpr.org.au/

Dee and I spent some much needed time working in the garden at Niagara Way. I managed to pull most of the weeds from the front, and we have tidied up the side of the house as well.

Casey went to Canberra with her friend Kate for the New Years Eve and Dee, Kirby and I worked on the impossible jigsaw puzzle I gave to Dee for her birthday. I may regret that present!

I've been watching a lot about the Tsunami disaster and it seems to grip me more than the WTC 911 thing because this disaster is bringing the whole world together like nothing else has been able to. The only thing that could surpass the global co-operation would be a visitor from outer space...a bloody big bad visitor!. My thoughts go out to the hundreds of thousands of victims and their familys.

New Years resolves are: to be honest with myself, to care for others, to ask for help, to reach out. I also intend to keep fit (ride my bike, walk etc) eat better, and, after paying the bills, save for the end of 2005. See my dreams on the side for the "how to's" for these resolves.

Cheers





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