Tuesday, January 3, 2012

A new year, a much needed new start

So the year has started and it's going to be a good one. The last year was certainly an eventful one. It saw some horror, but still had it's share of joy. 

January saw me turn 25, and being on my new ward for a month (that's right, I'm a nurse). 

February saw our city being shaken to bits with a 6.3 earthquake, I don't think anybody got away with not knowing about that one. That caused my husband work building to be evacuated, and never returned to, they were able to relocate. My ward was also evacuated, with patients moved to different wards within the hospital, and myself and the other displaced staff were then absorbed into the pool staff, and worked all around the hospital. February also had my brother need to postpone his wedding because of the earthquake.


March we escaped to Melbourne and had a fantastic time away



at Mt Dandenong with my man, Simon, on a beautiful day

catching up with friends

March also had Japan have an earthquake, with a tsunami, and so much devastation and loss of life. It had New Zealand hurting so much more knowing that dear Japan had it so much worse than we did.
May had a trip to Hokitika for a friend's 25th, was great fun to surprise her! It also had my brother have his postponed wedding!

Mr and Mrs!

In June my ward reopened, but at a different hospital. It was great to be back with my workmates again, but starting up in a new place had more than a handful of challenges, some have resolved, others are still being ironed out. We hope to move back to the main hospital by the end of the year, but I don't think that is realistic, but we will see! We also had another decent shake over 6.
In July I got my restricted licence, a few days before the magical snow we were delivered. 

 Not quite Narnia, just a stunning Christchurch

In August we escaped to Queenstown and Wanaka. Such a beautiful part of our country

Lake Wanaka

October had me see a digestive health specialist nurse for the first time. I'll most probably babble about that at some point, but it was great. 
In November Simon and I celebrated our wedding anniversary with a little camp out at Klondyke  Corner, near Arthur's Pass. 
In December I went on an offroad bike ride with an awesome bunch of people, 25km in to a hut,  then 25km back out again. Had a bit of a sort butt after that! but it was fantastic, and I'd love to do it again.  December also gave us a few new earthquakes to deal with, but we had Christmas none the less, and I think for Christchurch it was a special one. We have all made it through so much, and there is a renewed appreciation and love for the people we have in our lives.

Now we have a new year, and a fresh start. The ground will continue to shake, we know that. 
As for resolutions, I'm not big on those, I hate setting myself up for failure.
What I do like is the idea of a fresh start, a new page, a new book to write in. I have an idea of where I want the story to go.
This year is the year I will be
  • eating more healthily, but I've had a headstart on that
  • exercising more regularly
  • saving money for our OE
  • being more organised
  • improving my photography (err, learning how to use my SLR)
  • cooking more
  • blogging!
  • crafting more, to sell, to gift, and just to create
  • reading more
  • procrastinating/being lazy less
I really like this list, as for the most part I love doing these things... as for cooking, I will learn to love that.

But for now, it's time for me to go to bed! Goodnight!

with love, 
Anita

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