happy new years

Happy New Years!

It's been a bit of a break from the Internet with the holidays and all. Needless to say, or maybe not?, it's been a great holiday with real vacation and if it wasn't for the silly cold I seemed to have picked up everything would be awesome.

That said, I thought about doing a little recap of 2009 but my head is throbbing too much and I think I need to lie down in bed (again) and sleep (some more). I can say this though, 2009 was much better than 2008, which was better than 2007. I want to say I look forward to 2010 being even better, but that would be inviting the devil in the doorway ;) I do think 2010 has all the signs of being very good though.

Highlights of 2009 would be;

* new job

* getting my first first-author publication as a post-doc

* getting two grants/awards for conferences

* one short vacation with a best friend for the first time in several years due to family restrictions

* realising that Skype do help with keeping in contact with some friends and family

* learning all (almost) about getting a new type of visa

* real vacation (i.e. no work nor conference and no bad feeling about not thinking about work!)

* sharing good times with someone important to me

* learning more about me, my emotions and my friends and family

Things for 2010

* finish those papers and left over stuff from post doc

* adapt into the new job and the new routines

* socialize some more with new work colleagues (maybe)

* more exercise

* more contact with certain friends who has fallen out of touch due to personal problems/issues (i.e. being a better friend)

* less worrying

* less nagging and complaining in the personal sphere

I'll work through more things later, for now it is me and a date with the pillow!