Kelly's World

It all started on Friday…evil, evil Friday. Years gone by I was never keen on going out on a Friday night; I had worked all day, and I was tired by midnight. This Friday I went out again, and it’s the second Friday in less than a month gone by that I’ve been out on the town. How times have changed!

My housemate and I went down to the local Pig & Whistle for a few drinks for one of my housemate’s work colleagues, who was leaving the workplace to move south. I had met him before and got along really well with him, hence my invitation to such a prestigious event. With my newly developed drinking skills I started on the pints of Toohey’s Extra Dry, and it wasn’t long before I was feeling that familiar feeling of drunkeness.

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It’s now been a month since Mat and I broke up. During that time I have had some dark days, some really dark days, and some good days. I’m still not back to my old self, and I’m not sure I ever will be back to that person. That was Kelly in a partnership with Mat, the Kelly who had spent 11 years growing up counting on the man beside her. He’s gone, and so has she.

In the next few months you will see me slowly starting to figure out who I am. I don’t know myself as an adult. I don’t know what I’m capable of, and how I cope by myself. I expect to make mistakes, I expect to have some dark days, but most of all, I expect that I will get through it all.

How can I not, when I have you all behind me?

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My top 5 happy moments from the past week:

1. Being blessed with the presence of friends and family for my birthday dinner on Friday night. I tried to explain to them just how much I love them and was so grateful, but could feel myself about to cry so just did a “thanks for coming, you’re all awesome” 5 second speech.
2. Seeing Brisbane Roar dominate the game against Gold Coast United, winning 4-0 (GO TEAM!) then being presented with the minor Premiership plate.
3. Putting up my brand new bookshelf/desk from Ikea in my room, and taking another step towards being organised
4. Seeing my dogs, they are forever bringing a smile to my face
5. Being wished a Happy Birthday from Mat (my ex, and this truly made my day; purely because it confirmed that we can still be friends, and that’s more important to me than anything else. I spent 11 years of my life with this man, I don’t want to just throw it all away and feel bitter about it all).

So, what’s your top 5 moments for the week?

Exciting news everyone! Regardless of what happens to you, the world keeps spinning and time keeps ticking along. Pretty incredible huh?

It looks like my life has finally reached the rebuilding phase.

Living arrangements: While I love my mum to bits and thank her for letting me live here, it just doesn’t feel like home to me. So when the opportunity came up to move in with a friend from my past life, netball, I jumped at the opportunity. A huge benefit is that I will be living with young, single women (my friend + another girl), both without families or husbands, boyfriends etc. Basically, women at the same stage of their lives as me, and someone I can relate to. I can have the experience of housemates (which apart from my family and Mat, I have never had) and enjoy time with friends as well. I know this carries many risks at the same time, so will do my best not to sour any relationships.

At the same time, these girls own cats, which meant that bringing my dogs was out of the question. I spoke to Mat about it before committing to the move, and he agreed to care for them for the next 6 months while I continually visit during the week (same arrangement as we have now). 6 months will give me the time to truly move on, and find a place suitable for my dogs and I.

Car: the hunt is on for a new car so that I can give Mat the truck back. Downsizing to only one car to save money before we split up sure looks like a silly idea in hindsight. It also seems like I am a bit fussy in what I want, but I have some time up my sleeve and I have the luxury in being able to not rush into anything.

Social life: thanks to my sister and friends I have been out and about recently. I saw Brisbane Roar win against Wellington Phoenix on Australia Day (WOOHOO) and went to the surf club last night with friends to enjoy some dinner and watch the karaoke. No way in hell was I getting up on stage though! The surf club also resulted in a little secret activity I’m doing this morning, which I will share with everyone once I know the outcome. In other news, I start with a running club this week!

So as you can see it’s all pretty much happening at the moment. With my birthday only a few weeks away as well, it seems like February is shaping up to be a fun and busy month!!

We’re now well and truly into the count down until Christmas, although the stores have been celebrating it for months already. Seriously, does that bug anyone else? Soon we will be taking down the tree on New Years Day, waiting a week and putting it up again! Then panicking because we only have 51 weeks left until Christmas.

But back to the point of this blog post.

I have seen all of the Christmas cards available for purchase, and Talia Carbis made some incredible looking cards herself. Looking at the effort she puts in makes me feel like a bit of a scrooge actually. I don’t send Christmas cards, and for a few years I was guilty of not even hanging up a decoration at all!

Of course, that wasn’t always the case. I remember the excitement in school as I wrote out cards to all of my friends, including candy canes in them if I was able to convince Mum to buy them for me. So what happened, why did it all wear off?

Is the point of cards to just wish everyone a merry christmas? Is it a time when you can tell people that you appreciate them? I’m afraid I see it in a very shallow way, and just think of it as paper that will sit on the coffee table for a week or two, and then I have no idea what to do with it.

So I’m curious to know, do you send Christmas cards? Do you like receiving them? What’s your opinion of the whole thing?