Kelly's World

Last week I flew to Sydney to join up with the rest of the company for a couple of meetings in the morning, following by a brief Christmas party. It was best to take the opportunity while we were all together, as the staff members are scattered amongst states and countries and it’s incredibly rare that everyone is free at the same time.

I actually hadn’t met a couple of the staff members in person before. It was either a case of they were from another country, and we were never in the same place at the same time, or they were only just recently hired and I hadn’t had a chance to meet them. We’d spoken online before (either by email or by Skype – being remote means our company relies on instant messaging for the small things) but never physically in person. I actually got quite nervous hoping that I would make a good impression!

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Every year my friend Jo participates in the Sydney City 2 Surf, a 14km run/walk (depending on preference) that starts in the middle of Sydney city and heads out to Bondi beach. And every year for the past few years at 7.30am I receive a text message telling me that she’s there. A few hours later I receive one to let me know she’s finished. Apparently that was all the inspiration I needed to decide to do the City 2 surf this year, so I added it to my list of things to complete for 2009.

One day sitting at work I found myself staring at the computer monitor. On the screen was the registration form for the race. I had no idea how I was going to get down there, where I was going to stay or who (if anyone) was coming to Sydney with me. But before I changed my mind I registered. It appeared I was going to Sydney in August!

A few weeks later while out one night on the town (vodka in hand) I proposed to my friend Julie that she join me in my quest. She readily accepted, although the following morning I realised her level of excitement was only matched by the level of beer in her belly. I gave it a few days, then checked again to see if she was serious. To my surprise, she came through and said she was keen. That was that! I convinced Mat to join us for the weekend (there was no way he would be joining us in the race, he thought we were nuts) but he could spend the time at the casino before meeting up with us later. Over the next few months I made travel arrangements until it was all set. Julie and I were doing the 2009 Sydney City 2 Surf.

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Every year I make a list of things to accomplish during the year. It’s not resolutions as such, like the usual “eat healthy, lose weight, get a new job” blah blah. It’s a list of things that I’m going to challenge myself to try, to make sure that each year I feel like I’ve actually achieved something. Given that we’re now almost at the end of the 7th month of the year I’m well overdue in an update to my 2009 resolutions.

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