Got some cheap steaks and salad for dinner from the Civic pub after gym last night. Good value for $6.50. Good company too, nice to catch up with people after Christmas break.

And now I need to take my contact lenses out - I think I’ve been awake too long!

Run into less things in 2009.

How long did it take me to collect a few new bruises this year? Well, I have a huge one on my foot from NYE…

Then there was the running into the street sign while going all bogan looking at cars in Newcastle.

I’m starting to see a mark on my forehead from that *sulks*

… at least I didn’t drop my ice cream.

I’m sure there’s plenty more that will come to me as I go along… And as I tick some off and change them around!

PNAU was fun - dancing strawberries and all that… hot and sweaty dancing with guys who I’m sure would have fit in at Cube - shirts off and constantly hoisting one-another onto their shoulders. Hehe.

Fireworks - we saw the 9pm ones from the wharf, the midnight ones were going on through PNAU.

Sweetener? Two free t-shirts! At the end they were throwing things out into the crowd. One went past me and hit the ground, s I picked it up - a canvas bag with pnau printed on it. “I thin there’s a shirt in in” and Rish caught another one :) his, of course, fit him, while mine was too small and I passed it on to a friend later. Shame :p

As soon as they finished, we ditched town, headed back to the lack to a friend’s place. Drank wine, played the Spicks and Specks game which I was rocking at. :) Fun times. Love my school friends!

Happy New Year! :D Bring on 2009! (I think it’s going to be a good year!)

Have been having a wonderful time up in Newcastle- weather has been brilliant, and finally made it to the beach yesterday. Unfortunately, I got sunburnt beforehand at a cafe :( But it wouldn’t be summer without a little sunburn…

My main resolution for next year would be to not get sick as much! Not quite sure how to achieve that one - besides stopping working with children. There’s always the “lose weight/get fitter” goals - I saw another goal tracker site - “Goal for it” (ahh gotta love a pun!) to add to the list of web based ways to keep myself on track. I like that you can make them public or private… sometimes public goals can keep you on track better!

They even have kids chore charts which I can see being useful for kids that I work with! (I’m always encouraging timetables!)

What are your resolutions for 09?

yet again, another year has gone but it was good, though I don’t know where it went.

Am really looking forward to catching up with family and firend, hitting Newcastle beach, provided the weather holds up. I swear it’s rained the last million times we’ve been up there!

Merry Xmas!

Importantly -
I’ve had my last gym session of the year. What I do to my poor body now… well so long as the taste buds are happy :p
Last day of work tomorrow. Rumour has it they’re going to let us free at 3pm… Though Tugg C&FC is going at 2, so we’ll see what we can wangle ;)
Two jobs for tomorrow - clean my desk, and empty the fridges at work.. Beyond that, I may get some report writing done, or might distract myself with other things - like making boardmaker visuals and funner things like that!
Leaving for Newie Xmas morning. Hope to hit it about midday, in time for the eating.

*grins*

Merry Xmas, mwah!

I now know why Health isn’t allowed to have toasters any more in their staff kitchens. This morning someone burnt toast and the fire brigade came… yesterday it was a smoking plastic container in a microwave. I’m told it wasn’t Tupperware…

So, two work parties today, one more Friday… but it’s all coming at a good time, with more changes coming up at work, allowing us to “debrief” many times over. Still trying to consider what I want to do. I have a preference, and should probably go with that, but am not completely against going the other way… all still a long way away so no point getting too caught up in it…

Finally upgraded to wordpress 2.7 and am oohing and ahhing at the dashboard. Love it.

It’s amazing how a costume or two will break the ice :) Wound up dancing with Santas, angels, elves and… Shane Warne??? sure, why not.

There was the AGM and dinner last night where I try to get everyone excited and involved in the local speech pathology australia branch… with wine. That was successful :) Today was the SP discipline chrissy lunch - I came home with fiddlesticks which i THINK are a little like pickup sticks.

First was at Lemongrss Thai - always a favourite and super reliable. Today was at Pialligo Winery. Nice wine… but food was overpriced and .. well not that great. My “risotto” was just rice mixed with the specified ingredients. Nice Gelato, but again just over priced…

So two down.. 3 or so to go in Canberra. 4 if the santa pub crawl counts. more if every other catch up with friends does too.

Thankfully I still have my gym membership!

And we’re seriously stronger than ever.

To celebrate… once we get going for the day (had a late one last night… dancing in the gay nightclub cube is the best way to see in a new year together.. and he went out for weapons training while I slept in) Rish is taking me to Sabayon for dinner. There’s also the lighting of the city Christmas Tree tonight… we hung around the tree last year :)

xxx ;)

I love you Rish! :)

I can do this.

:)

What do you think of Rish’s “addition” to the tree this year? It’s gold, so in theme, right?

And moved on to American Psycho.

I had to start somewhere…

Well, at least I have a new song in my head for the day…

I’m up well too early for a day when i was going to be lazy and sleep in. It’s sunny so I’ll have to do washing, go to the gym… maybe go to the Oxfam Christmas fair?

And on the health front - no glandular picked up on blood tests, Rish is doing better… I have a sore throat, but if I ignore it, it will go away.

xx

“The virus is making me want to kiss you”

We’ll see hey?

(and the PC virus is the reason for my scarcity online)

Instead, we will pay (well use the gift vouchers my mother keeps sending us) to go see the new Bond movie. Something to do on a cold (I think it’s meant to top at 15! a week out from summer!) drizzly day. It’ll probably be quite busy. Hope we get reasonable seats!

Or, if we add just one bike…

A local guy was selling them - 2 kilos for $8 at the Kingston Old Bus Depot Markets yesterday… so Mum (who was down for the weekend) split a box with me. I just might have to go back next Sunday for another box full. Other than that, I don’t think I was exactly inspired at the markets… a few cute bags but I’m scared I’d destroy them in an instant!

On shopping, I’m also after a pair of bown summer sandals to replace my current pair that did last summer and did Greece. Before they fall apart. But again, not inspired. And the ones I did like were in “old lady sizes” as my mother put it - a C fitting that slips off my skinny foot. Yes, I have somethign skinny. :p When I was a kid, I remember wearing A fittings in the Clarke’s school shoes. Given I used to also walk on my toes all the time, it’s no wonder I was falling down a lot. Just don’t know my excuse now…

So I’m sticking to safer pursuits. Like Scrabble. :)

It’s interesting to work through why you might be able to get more stretch on one side than another… I was able to get a better pec strectch on my left side today… and this seemed to be because of my weaker and less tight left arm muscles. Not that I have awesome right guns *giggles* but they do work more!

Tonight’s class was exactly what I needed after sitting all day listening to other presentations. I learned some things today … about handwriting to start with and all the body functions that work towards good handwriting, as well as the benefits of hippotherapy.

But my take home message for me today was that I need to do more data collection. To “prove” what I “know” works. I can see I think how I might incorporate that into a group on Friday. Insprired, and tired.

:)