Hello, hello... Happy New Year!

I know my happy new year wishes are belated because we’re five days into 2010 but I took two weeks off work and two weeks off my everyday routine to recharge my batteries, which is something I don’t normally do. But thank God I did because I feel 100% better for it. I can honestly look back and say I had a FABULOUS festive season.

I had a good time with my friends and family and also learned that a Tequila hangover isn’t for life... it’s just for Christmas!

I’m a spinster/orphan. In other words I’m no longer in my 20s, I’m unmarried and my parents are spending most of their life sunning themselves in their holiday home, so when it comes to Christmas, I normally have dinner with friends, considering my parents have abandoned me. I decided that I’d spend Christmas at home, alone if necessary. But everyone thought I was being an arse so I spent Christmas with my friend Eve and our four sons because she’s also a spinster, but not an orphan like me. BTW, I use the word Spinster in jest; I’m no more a Spinster than I am a giraffe. Eve’s a spinster though!! If you never hear from me again, it’s because Eve’s heard about what I’ve said about her and she’s killed me.

In between Christmas and New Year, I did more socialising than I’ve done in a year. I went out for meals, popped out for drinks, games evenings, even night clubbing and in between all of that, snacked like I was preparing my body for a harsh Winter and drank like alcohol was going to be prohibited in 2010.

Needless to say, my new best friends are the running machine, my hula hoop and daily aerobics.

I didn’t cry on Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve or any other day recently which is a very good sign. It means that 2010 has started on an excellent note. This is the first time that I can remember not weeping over the festive season.

My two major goals have been set so I have two very important things to work towards – everything else I’ll leave in the hands of the Gods. Although I have to be honest, when I left it all in the hands of the Gods last year, I was hugely disappointed so I’ll do a lot of my own tweaking and manipulating in the meantime.