2007: a retrospective

2007-12-24T13:23:54Z

This is taken from an assortment of other journals.

Wot I Did In 2007

January

January is mostly memorable for the year starting with a whimper, as Scott and Elle broke up in mine and Jeremiah's bedroom. That was not-fun, and January continued to be more difficult when my stepmother fell off a horse and hurt her back - some vertebrae splintered and worked their way into her spinal column. Jeremiah was also taken rather poorly as well, and was later told he had pneumonia again.

So, not an easy month and not a very good beginning to the year!

February

February was, despite its ominous reputation, a mostly benign month. Life was not easy - Jeremiah was a bit better, but fragile, and Penny remained in hospital, undergoing physio - but I kept going. College was becoming very stressful at this point, as I found it increasingly hard to deal with college whilst feeling as anxious as I increasingly was. I think I was also bleeding emotion everywhere - looking back at my LJ, I seem to be ratty and stressed about everything, including a lot which didn't need to be worried about as much as I was.

March

March appears to have had two moments of interest. First of all, I was asked to be a bridesmaid by Steph, and went up to Birmingham to go looking for dresses with her and Becky (which was lovely) and second of all I lost my cat for three days.

Thankfully, this was the last time Madoc went missing. He's been much less adventurous, I suspect because he didn't think much of ending up in a cat sanctuary after being handed in as a stray.

April

I discovered BPAL. Erm. I'm sure other things happened then as well, but as far as I can tell, my sudden new obsession with odd little perfumes dominated my month. That was the month that Jeremiah began to raise objections to me smelling of four clashing fragrances.

May

Jeremiah was poorly again, meaning we had to miss the Waterboys (which was sad), and college was stressful. I think that was about as far as I got. I was, however, gloriously creative and wrote a great epic in which Play Yourself Sally met the ZG world, which still ranks as one of the most popular things I've ever written, and is something I'm actually quite proud of. My finances hit a very bad place, when Nationwide decided to cancel my overdraft with no notice. I'm still edgy about them as a bank, and want to close my account as soon as I can find a way to do it without screwing all my direct debits.

June

I finished my PGDip, and lo! It went well, which was a massive relief. I think that wonderful high rather dominated my month. Rather sadly, my other great accomplishment of that month was a role playing one - June was the month of the Epic Anathema Hunt of Doom, which rather cemented my rp bond with Simon and Andy, and still ranks as one of the best Imaginary World moments of my life. Oh, and Jeremiah and I went to see Aerosmith in the rain, which rocked muchly, and made me very happy.

July

I think this was a relatively quiet month. Not a lot happened. I started work at P&O - a rather ill fated job, sadly - and started counseling at the same time, which proved equally unhelpful. My main memory of July is wandering around London, talking on my mobile, and trying to work out if my counselor was as very clueless as I thought she was.

August

This was mostly memorable for the big pile of awful that happened at P&O, when one of my co-workers decided to take offense to me keeping a diary in notepad during work hours.

I still don't even like writing about this, for it upset me muchly. Bad time. Very bad time.

September

This was a good month! I got my job at the Greenwich Fan Museum, which has been a bit pile of lovely, and I also started back at college. I remembered how much I liked conservation and the world began to come together that little bit more. I think it was about then that Jeremiah's employers said that they would be laying off staff, which was a bit anxiety inducing, but overall, I think I was feeling pretty damn good about my life through September.

October

October was a quiet month again, mostly memorable for my choice to get baptised, and my baptism and confirmation at St Pauls Cathedral. It was a wonderful, moving and memorable experience, and means that in the eyes of God I'm not Sarah Elizabeth (which never felt like my name, anyway), but am now Sally Tabitha. And I got to have dinner with both my friends and family at the same time, which just rocked. I'd also like to make an honourable mention of my 4 am expedition to the Bermondsey Antiques Market, which was a very grand adventure.

November

This shall be remembered as Month of Cam. I discovered Changeling: Lost, and fell in love with it. And lo! I began to slide back to the Cam. It was an odd experience, and is something I'm still a bit unsure about. I spent a long time away from the society and I don't know if I fit into it now. Not really.

But it's been an experience, and hopefully it'll all work out in the end.

December

December has featured the end of term at college, lots of work, some stress, and a lovely holiday in Devon.

It's not over yet, and I'm waiting to see what Christmas Day brings.

Home again, home again...

2007-12-23T23:21:01Z

And lo! I have returned from Devon.

As may be obvious, I appear to be writing in a new LJ. I'm not yet sure whether it will take. I'm in one of my odd moods where I feel as if my LJ has ceased to become personal, just due to the number of people reading it - including people I don't know at all.

So I've sidled over here, and will type here, in a place where only people I've actually told about this place will read it. I don't know if I'll stay here, or if I'll shift back. But right now I'm using this LJ for talking about me, and my life and what is happening in my head.

Devon was wonderful. I don't know how to fit it in one entry. Hopefully I'll write a longer piece later, but for the moment I've just written the bullet point highlights.

The 'semi character house' we drove past every day when we went into Teignmouth. I always felt so sorry for that poor house. Why it only had part of a character, I don't know!

The huge and glorious bath/jacuzzi that pierot and I had in our bathroom. I will never forget the wondrousness of getting in the bath, pouring the bubble bath in and then turning on the jacuzzi. I was lost in bubbles! All jez could see was my face, peeking out from a wall of foam.

The lovely drive from Teignmouth, across the bridge to Shaldon, with all the little boats floating in the estuary. It was just so scenic.

The sea. It was just lovely being so close to the sea - waking up every morning to see the ocean battering itself against the cliff tops

The swimming pool. I will particularly remember my angry ranty swim, where I decided to swim lengths, while occasionally pausing to try and drown unifex for crimes related to role playing.

Dawlish, and the fantastic bleak beach, with the waves battering against the shore. It was cold and savage and lovely.

More later, but that's what's floating through my mind right now. We came home via Porthcawl, Cardiff and Lambourn. I need a more restful way to spend Christmas, I swear!

Somewhere else...

2006-06-22T22:48:01Z

So, why change livejournals?

Am I changing livejournals?

I'm not entirely sure. I think I'm at least looking for somewhere new, somewhere where I feel I'm not talking to this odd reflection of an old life - a collection of cam friends, people I don't know very well, a world I don't really feel a part of any more.

Just pondersome tonight. I'll try and write more in the morning.

Staring At The Sky

2007: a retrospective

Home again, home again...

Somewhere else...