“2010 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an annus horribilis”…..”There's no doubt that this has been a particularly difficult year, and I am relieved that this annus horribilis is coming to an end”. Despite not being a Royalist, I have to say that Elizabeth II couldn’t have said it better (although she did say it in 1992), and Kofi Annan with the second quote was also ahead of the game in 2004. The only thing they didn’t add which would have made their quotes even more applicable to me would have been, “thank the lord we had the grandparents close by!”
Admittedly 2010 wasn’t all bad, especially in the first four months of the year when I was still working at LBG in the UK, and I’m sure in a few years time the application of rose tinted spectacles will make everything seem that much more bearable. However at the minute I’m definitely looking more forward than back and I’m very happy to draw a line under 2010! I don’t typically do New Year’s Resolutions because I’ve always been of the mind that if something is worth doing then it’s worth doing straight away, however the top priorities for 2011 include getting on well with Sandie (in the face of an onslaught of young children), taking some sort of enjoyment from work, ensuring that the children are all healthy, riding a clear round at 1m 25 with Pich, and losing 300 grams (77,3kg needs to come down to at least 77 kg over the course of the next 365 days). There, done, it’s now committed in writing for all to see – there’s now nowhere to hide....now someone pass me a lettuce leaf.
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