Embracing your Weirdness

2013 was not full of the same changes of 2012, but nonetheless had some special times, but with less changes and more normal life.

There were Firsts: 2013 saw our little man turn 1. We celebrated the fact that we hadn’t made too much of a mess of his first year, despite us not having a clue what we were doing most of the time. Lucky that small people are surprisingly resilient (and don’t notice when you make a tit of yourself). We watched as he wondered at the delights of the aquarium and managed to toddle most of the way around under his own steam (whilst we pushed an empty buggy which doubled as a shopping trolley). It was also the year of our first family holiday. A rainy week in Scotland beckoned and our bicycles remained unused whilst we basked in the hot-tub whilst the small person napped. Family life was pretty special. Not just for the major moments. But all the moments.

There were endings: Having worked in the NHS since practically the end of University I found myself at the tail end of yet another fixed term contract without possibility of renewal and had to accept the inevitable and leave the NHS (I wrote about that here before). My last day as a proud NHS employee fell in July and I now work for a private company in support of public sector. Some observations for another time on this I think as there is so much difference and so much the same. But suffice it to say, a good career move and I am definitely glad to see the back of inky printers and ancient machines.

There were improvements: I took over a Beaver colony that had dropped to 6 members (and was shortly due to drop to 4) in January. A year of hard work, good programmes, and a few glasses of wine to recover (ok, more than a few) and we are up into double figures. More young people enjoying membership of one of the biggest youth organisations. Its hard work but not impossible. After all, its only 2 hours a week.

Here’s looking forward to the experiences that 2014 has to offer

And having written this a few days ago and then found a Lloyds Bank Moments that mattered competition to win an iPad and thought I’d tidy this up and actually post for once.

One major goal for 2014. Post more of what I write. Less half finished drafts.