The House Husband

with occasional entries by The Dean

All change

I’m not one for making new years resolutions. I’ve always figured if I wanted to change anything, I’d just do it. However, having spent the last few months in the company of poorly people, I have decided henceforth to change my ways.

In order to maximise the (possibly) few years I have remaining it behooves me to live each moment as if it were my last. (Not so much a bucket list; more just the bucket.) And, in order to do this, I intend to do a few things that I’ve been meaning to get around to. And I’m going to try and do them in 2011.

In no particular order, they are:

  • Take horse riding lessons
  • Write a book and get it published
  • Get my new career started
  • Keep in contact with Joanne
  • Fix up our house, ready for whatever future we wind up in
  • See more Italy, opera, musical comedy, strange performance art, etc
  • Go on a dig

I’m sure there’s more but this will do for a start. Hopefully, this time next year, I will have crossed all of these off and started in a new bucket.

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I forgot to mention that yesterday, dad managed to not just come out in the car with us but also walked into a shopping centre! He sat and waited as mum and I wandered around. It was a great step to take. Well done, dad. I know it wasn’t easy.

On the down side, he took a slight tumble while trying to extract a piece of wayward glass from his foot. All is well but it did shake him up a bit.

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In order to complete my attempted circumnavigation of Kawana Island, I set off in the opposite direction today. It was further than yesterday but eventually I hit the Mooloolabah River. I have now walked as far by land around this Island as it is possible. I did not see Robinson Crusoe, anyone named after a day of the week or coconuts. I did, however, sweat an awful lot.

At the Mooloolabah River, looking a bit pensive

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Glowing balls

Joanne made me promise that just before midnight, mum, dad and I would pose with an activated glowball. Never let it be said that I’d disappoint my cousin! So here we are, each having a New Year brew and sending out our New Year wishes.

Some of the Cooks see in the New Year, Joanne style

I can just imagine how many of these things are bouncing around the crowds at Lismore about now. Hope the party is/was fantastic Jo!

Also a big New Year kiss to my wife, who is presently in Singapore where it’s not midnight yet.

And Nicktor, of course. Who I’ve been missing a helluva lot. x

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The end

The final day of 2009 was grim, grey and chilly. We’re hoping for some sunshine tomorrow.

I watched the Sydney fireworks this afternoon. It’s the only thing that makes me homesick. Always brings a tear to my eye.

Anyway, this is going to be a very short entry. I have been struck down with Mirinda’s accursed bug and feel lousy. Mirinda is still not 100% so we’re off to bed well before the midnight hour. As Mirinda just said “This has to be our worst Christmas break ever!” and I couldn’t agree more. To make up for it we organised a trip to Paris for next weekend. That’ll show those lousy bugs!

Happy New Year anybody
xx

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