Bring back 1999?

And so we have reached the year 2010. I recall being a mere 18 years of age when the millenium eve was upon us and spent my time at the house party trying to catch the eye of a girl who was every inch the drama queen and yet back then, those kinds of things were taken as read as coming with the territory of trying to land yourself a girlfriend.

So now, over a decade later and about 7 stone heavier (And a foot taller) I look back over the last 10 years and can think of an awful lot of good things that have happened, as well as plenty of the bad stuff. But I'm no different to anyone else there, we've all had stuff good and bad happen to us, its just that some seem to think they've had more bad than good happen to them.

My elder brother turned 30 this week and we surprised him with the family and some family friends turning up at the restaurant he thought he was going to with his clever, clever wife who arranged the whole thing. It went off completely without a hitch and it was a nice moment to sit there as a family and think back on things and really just how good we had it growing up, even if we didn't necessarily think so at the time.

But time mellows the soul, if you allow it. You can grow up resenting every little slight you've ever had against your person, or you can look back on all that guff and just laugh at it. I prefer to do the latter because laughing is what I'm good at. All in all, the last few weeks have been a cracking good laugh and both Christmas and New Years were relaxed and warm, for lack of a better term.

And yet I DO have regrets. I'm particularly rubbish at keeping in contact with people, people I consider to be close personal friends even. I don't know why that is, I guess I just fall into a routine and then stick with it even though there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to do what I need to do.

But I am looking forward to the year ahead. Things seem to be going from strength to strength at work and I'm optimistic that I'll achieve some of my goals this year. This is really only a short blog entry as I can't think of anything creative to write at the moment. I hope to have a short story up soon so watch this space. Happy New Year to you all.