Happy New Year!!!

I hope all have had a great time seeing in 2013 in the best possible way, and

are excited about the propects of what GOOD things it will bring in everyday and everyway.

“If you carry the same baggage you had this year into the New Year, your ability to move forward will be weighed down. Drop your bags at the doorstep of the old year, so you can make a change in the new.” – Eugene Nathaniel Butler 

Welcome to what can and with how I have woken will be an interesting year.  Wasn’t a late night by my party standards – got to bed about 1am, in fact thank you to the Booth and Connell families for staying to see it past midnight – I know some of you were shattered and could happily have been in bed by 10pm.  And also making it a managable evening for me as I can’t really handle the crowds or loud noises as such anymore.  The company was just right.  Thanks too Scotty and Junior for the phone call – hope the party was fun and the hangover is survivable – though you were sounding fine so don’t think there will be a problem there!  And everyone else, I really hope that you’ve had a great time and celebrated in the best way you wished.

Well bed about 1am – up again by 2am burning up with acid (bloody steroids, and other drugs and – OK,. I’ll admit it the coke in the bourbon) so spend another hour awake then firefighting my stomach, and end up falling asleep on the chair downstairs.  Wake again about 3:45 and crawl back to bed, and – yahoo day 2 of sleep!! Well until about 9:30 so in total I have now had enough to make it through the day.  Did I mention that yesterday I made it all the way through the day without crashing out with sleep, siezure or fatigue.  So I’m feeling really happy with myself about that.  I havefinished the year and started a new one in the way that I want to continue.  In reality I know though that I am only one glitch in my health away from a change to this all.  Sleepins are the order of the day today.  Sue is first up about 9:15am and I wake not long after, then Jacob comes in for New Year Good morning cuddles.  Lachlan makes it up eventually about 10:15.  No plans for today except relax and maybe head out for a walk later on dependiong on what the weather turns up.

Another quiet day, and just cruise around the house doing little in the morning, trying to escape the heat – seems we are having a summer this season after all. Jacobtalks to Sue and they plan to head to Westfield Riccarton – Lachie and I decide we will join them on the trip but do our own thing when there.  Get ready for the day and then dose up on pain meds as having a day like yesterday with pain, whereby getting waves of sore and aches (about 5-6 level) – through to agony (7-8 close to 9) sort of stuff.  Just have to stop and suck it up as managing pain killers closely and strickly still, after the easier more relaxed day on them on Sunday.  The good thing is they ‘seem’ to kick in quicker now.  But it is funny in a way too, as I am walking around the house panting like a pregnant woman in labour.  And with the way the steroids have blown me up again (chipmunk face, upper body bulk gain, and the latest additiion this time round – Hobbit feet!  Yep, I have cankles apparently and my calves just go from my lower leg to my toes – ugly man!!). 

Off to Riccarton, and to our surprise there is very few folk there.  Spend about 2 1/2 hours there just cruising the shops and buying a couple of necessities – a pair of shoes for Lachie and a cold drink and food.  Head home then via Roh and Andy’s to check out Andy’s new coffee machine.  Awesome work with the coffeee Andy – very nice coffee indeed.  End up staying for dinner and do my usual – sorry for drifting off and on several times   Have a lovely evening, then head home.  Struggling with pain, so dose up again and sort of come right.  Sit down to blog it so I can do M&D time and bed to rest as feeling very worn out again already.  Really hope all have recovered from hangovers, and late nights, and had a good day/arvo/evening.  Take care and relax.

Kia Kaha.