Back to reality

Thank you for your thoughts and wishes over the last week. It has been rough but Murray and my friends have been a big support, being there when I needed to cry, and distracting me when I needed that instead. Life goes on and I am back at work, doing the usual slog.

Hmmm, that's not quite the attitude I want to have. I guess it's more apt to say that I am settling into a routine - work during the day, come home for an hour of tv, then off to the gym, dinner and then bed after reading a chapter of a book. It is good, it's comfortable, and it keeps me happy.

I don't do resolutions but I have set some goals and made plans for the year ahead. The first thing I want to do is this triathlon at the end of February. I did the same one last year but I want to do the short course rather than the mini version. It will stretch me, but I have eight weeks to get fit enough to do it, and I think can do it.

My other goals & plans for the year are:

• do a pottery or art class
• learn to sew - anyone in Perth want to show me how to use a sewing machine?
• visit the Perth Observatory to see the stars in all their glory
• learn a little bit of Malaysian for our trip in July
• get pregnant and stay pregnant

Now all of those are achievable, but only the last one is out of my hands. But I am damn sure going to take control of what I can and do those things.

It's a new year and this is the new and improved me - the old me but with a better attitude to life.