Firstly,Happy New Year to all here on SC - i know that has been said a thousand times by probably a couple of hundred people on here by now,but heh,whose counting?
So last night brought so much excitement in the air and everyone was happy and full of life as they always are
I went down to my in laws,as i had been put in charge of yet another bbq.The weather seemed to be ok - but there was talk of rain later in the evening.So  i decided to put my Jamie Oliver shoes on a little early and start the fire a little early at about 7pm,as it was still light then.The sun only goes down here now at about 7 30ish.
But needless to say the night went downhill from there - very fast.
You would think that if someone asks you over ( as a relative ) to handle bbq duties and you are told that all you need to bring are yourself and your bbq stand - that this is all you need to bring.
Then you realise when you get there that they have barely enough coal to light a match to,and no fire lighters at all.But i made a small plan,and decided to engineer a fire that would not need topping up half way through.That kind of worked until i had both my dogs round my feet.Max was ok,as he isnt scared of anything.Sky on the other hand,has this thing about fire -he just doesnt like it.In spite of my asking for the animal to be kept away from me and the fire - my request fell on deaf ears - until Sky knocked the lit bbq stand over and all the coal fell on my legs and feet.Luckily i was wearing longs,so there was no real harm done - well ,almost.Sky got away fine - but sulked in the corner for the rest of the night.
But then my know it all engineer in training nephew comes out side and decides to start shouting at me for what happened,and telling me that i dont know what i am doing.Need i say at this point,that i am 38,I have done this hundreds of times before....and he is only 22.He has always been a Mr Know it all ( but can do nothing ) all his life.So holding my tongue very tightly in one hand,i resurrected the fire with the other.
I got the fire restarted - i cooked the meat that was bought - ate a little - collected all my things that i brought with me,and left.
It was only about 11ish at this point,and the clouds were closing in.It had started to rain.Not put off by this.I decided that I would cool my brains down a bit,by going to the beach.A good idea at first - but then I realised that there were already about 10 000 other people with the same idea.So i headed on home.It was about 11 30 by now - but I knew i would make it.The rain was coming down pretty heavy by now too.
I went up to my neighbours at the end of the road when I got back -and spent the new year with them.They were glad of the company as a matter of fact,so it was quite nice.

There are so many things that i would like to achieve within this year -so many goals that i have set for myself and so many places i want to go.
But i sometimes cannot get myself motivated enough to follow things through.I'll start something and then just stop.No reason given.None asked.
I hope i can change that this year - i really hope i can