First of all, I wish everyone a Happy New Year!
It's that time of year again when we all recount the year we just had, this one being 2007, for some reason my right hand is really hurting and it's hard to type but ah well.
Personally i've had a bit of an indifferent year, changes on all fronts. New job, old job, new friends, new phones, new family members and Dr Who!
This time last year I had recently started working at Tescos, on Winwick road. In April I was offered a job back at the BP petrol station I used to work at on the view that I would be the store manager within 3 months. This never materialised and I ended up leaving a job I enjoyed for one I never. After numerous arguments with my manager and the managers above her I walked out in November feeling very let down and upset by the whole company. I'm currently still unemployed but have a few jobs in the pipeline. My biggest regret this year has to be leaving Tescos, my team leader and manager both tried to get me to stay and told me they saw the potential in me and that I could progress up there career ladder soon there, I should have listened.
Old friends... I'm fortunate enough that I've got the best friends in the world and another year on I feel that our bonds have become stronger and we are closer than ever. We have had some awesome times this year and holidays together. Dublin to see REM, Windermere for a week in the summer and Amsterdam in December for the weekend. Memories that will never be forgotten, I'm glad I've got you guys and I just hope that it lasts forever, I couldn't wish for anything more and look forward to more good times and memories.
New friends... this year I have made a very good friend in the form of James' little brother Charles. It's wierd, he is young but we connect on many levels, and on levels I can't connect with with my other mates. We've had some very enjoyable days out, climbing Mount Snowdon in august which resulted in a hospital trip after he fell down the mountain! Also, we had a Dr Who day in November which was very fun and various days and nights at James' house. He's the only person I can talk to about things I'm interested in, like Dr Who, and we also share the same music tastes thus resulting in texts and phone calls which go into hours. No-one else I know is interested in the same things I am so in a way I'm glad he's there because I know I do have someone to talk to and it's a way I can recapture my youth I so very much miss!
That brings me on to my new love this year... Doctor Who! I had never really seen Dr who but Charles convinced me to watch the last couple of episodes of Series 3 when they came out on the tele and I've been hooked ever since. My friends say I'm obsessed, I say they're right. The best present I got this year was my Dr Who Sonic Screwdriver which I've hardly put down since I got it... oh to be 12 again.
On to the Sports side of my life, obviously Warrington were shit again but we were hit by a crippling injury list (excuses excuses) and England failed to qualify for Euro 2008 which was a big bummer as that was what I was saving my Airmiles for but I guess i've got the qualifiers to look forward to. Following England this year included trips to Barcelona for the game against Andorra and Moscow for the Russia game, the latter being very expensive but well worth the memories! The Russians do not like us, just unfortunate we couldn't come back with the 3 points which would have seen us qualify.
On the family front we were hit by the news that my Nana has lung cancer and they won't be treating her due to her age and the risk that could ensue, so we don't really know what's happening but she's OK at the minute so that's all we can hope for.
On the other side, I'm going to be an uncle! My brothers girlfriend is currently 24 weeks pregnant and is due on the 20th April, and it's going to be a boy, really made up about that, cannot wait (although we go to Florida a few days after the due date
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I think that's about it, doubt anyone's read through but thank you if you have and please leave a comment, I'd love to hear what you've been up to.
Oh and one more thing,
I don't usually do resolutions but this year it's to be vegetarian for a month! Wierd I know but I bet my vegetarian best mate that I could do it for a month, i've also somehow lost half a stone in the last few weeks so keeping that up would be good, and being vegetarian helps! A lot less saturated fats that are in meats and having to eat more veg and fruit which I don't eat so it's all good I guess.
I also need to get back into playing rugby which I haven't for a while, I miss that and I miss the team.
I'm finished now, definetly, hope you all had a good night and please comment
