 Update
Hi everyone
I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and happy new year! Hopefully this year is better than...well, the last few for me anyway!
Again, I am sorry for being a bit slack with the site lately. I am still really busy with the new job, with friends, with the house and with still trying to sort out Dad's affairs. It's rough but somebody has to do it right. Life just seems to be rather crazy at the moment and I'm trying to get on top of everything which is almost proving impossible. I'll get there though. I know I will. Things are starting to come good and my close friends have actually commented on how good it is to see me smile again...then again, others have been telling me to let out how I'm feeling more (those are the ones that know me really well and know that I'm not dealing well as I'm not dealing with it at all but we do whatever works for us, right?!).
Mark, you asked me in an email (which I still haven't responded to - sorry!) about my plans to travel. I still dream of going to London and working for a year then travelling the world but that's probably a long way off. The funds situation is proving to be very dismal seeing as my sisters are very unreliable when it comes to money and I am often the one who has to bail us out - car payments, fines, bills that they can't afford to contribute to, then there's the cost of everything else - we're paying back the funeral cost (which was 15k - not that I'm complaining...Dad would've wanted nothing but the best!), with probate not having gone through yet due to the bank dragging their feet we're really struggling but we'll get there - positive attitude...isn't that what everybody keeps on telling me to have instead of being such a pessimist?! haha Well, I'm trying!
I do have good news though. I have a sneaking suspicion my girls are planning a holiday for me as a surprise for my birthday - and, if my passion for Thailand is anything to go by, I do believe it is there we will be heading! I really wish I didn't know about it but a few people have let things slip and it turns out that I may be on the right track! So people, it looks like I may be going back to my idea of paradise very soon!!!! Mind you, I could be completely off track and we could wind up in Margaret River of something! I won't be disappointed either way! A holiday ANYWHERE is exactly what I need!
Anyway, I should really get back to it. I hope you are all well.
Take care.
Ali x
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I still believe in paradise. But now at least I know it’s not some place you can look for. Because it’s not where you go … its how you feel for a moment in your life. If you find that moment … it lasts forever. |