First things first. Moving house. I finally
got my butt into gear and moved house back in March. Yes, yes I know, I did the
typical ‘move out of home only to move back home a couple of years later’ thing.
But you know what, I love it! Of course I miss seeing Ben every day, but it
really couldn’t have happened at a better time. I get home later these days, so
it’s nice to have mum’s delicious cooking to look forward to on the way home
from work – although let’s be frank, I’m already looking forward to dinner on
the way into work. It’s nice to feel like a kid again.
My room was a disaster from the get-go, and
not much has changed. Organised chaos is the best way to describe it. I know
where everything is, and I know where I want everything to go, but the problem
is getting the time to do it, and having the space to fit it in. Going from a
house to a bedroom was never going to be easy, and I’m still quite amazed at
how much stuff I actually have. But it’s getting better, slowly. I’ve sorted, I’ve
donated and I’ve chucked. I still need to buy a few more bits and pieces to get
the room to a standard I’m happy with, but I’ll get there eventually.
I hadn’t planned on moving jobs when I did
either. Truth be told, I loved what I was doing, but I needed more of it. I’m
not the kind of person who enjoys bludging. I love being busy, and feeling like
I’m contributing to something. And then, out of the blue, I was offered a new
position in the construction management industry. It was a hard decision. I
spent days writing pros and cons lists, comparing the two industries and
weighing up the longer hours that came with the new job. But, I made the change
and am feeling a whole lot better for it. Sure I miss my old job at times, but
the new one is exciting and a very different. I am a firm believer that change
is a good thing. It might be scary, but more often than not, things usually
work out for the better.
And that’s where the graphic design course
comes in. I had been planning on doing a course for a while now, and the new
job really spurred me into doing it. I’m only up to module one so far, but I
have to say, it’s fun! Hopefully I’ll have this blog looking beautiful before
you know it.
Last, but certainly not at the bottom of
the list, is my rather daunting hip operation. For anyone who hasn’t heard me whining
about my sore hip for the last three years, I first noticed the problem when my
hip would basically cave in after sitting in a particular position. Fun huh? It
only happened occasionally so I really didn’t think anything of it for quite a
long time. The problem came to a head after a fall during netball. I could
barely walk on it, and a trip to the doctors told me that my problem was the
early onset of arthritis. I was told to have physio, keep an eye on it and come
back if it didn’t improve. It took a whole year, but before I knew it I was
back sitting nervously waiting in the doctors waiting room. Two MRIs, a CT
scan, a blood test and three different specialists later, I was told that my
problem was PVNS, a relatively rare issue that consists of a mass growing on
the joint. It progresses slowly, so people often don’t notice they have it, which
is exactly what happened in my case. I’ll be having open surgery on the 17th
– wish me luck!
So that’s what I’ve been up to lately! I’ll
try not to let this blog slip again, and if I haven’t posted in a while, feel
free to leave me a comment and hurry me up!
Cheers for now.
