2013

Every year JANUARY sees me holidaying it up.  I can usually be found soaking up the rays on the sand at Maroubra beach and my start to 2013 wasn't any different.

FEBRUARY was quiet and uneventful.

I met someone in MARCH who made me feel like an absolute princess.  He paid for us to go to the Top Gear festival which I was thrilled to do as I actually quite like cars and we'd see each other a couple of times a week.  He always paid me compliments and told me how interested in me he was.

APRIL came along and we parted ways mainly because we shared differing beliefs but also because he was dishonest in some of the things he told me.  Even now, at the end of 2013, I still hurt about that because i put so much faith into that relationship working out and i really did care about him a lot.  I suppose Easter brought out the Christian in me because I wanted him to come along to church.

It was a hard month to cut my ties with him but i know that someone i am more suited to is still out there somewhere.  It was also the beginning of much deeper commitments to my church.

In April I began attending a 'Connect' group with people in similar age to me from my church.  We studied various aspects of the Christian walk and also got to know each other more intimately.  I also became more involved in our Creative Team, singing more regularly at church.

It was also a month of transition with work.  We moved from the city into our new Auburn office.

MAY was a quiet month also, although very busy with work.  I also began volunteering every Saturday morning, with a program called SAIL, teaching English to refugees, very rewarding work.

In JUNE and JULY we had two new staff come aboard at work and two staff leave.  Winter settled in and i was desperately wishing we could fast approach summer again.

AUGUST saw me leave the SAIL program.  It was a rewarding experience but i felt that i was out of my depth as i knew nothing about how to teach a person english and there was no training involved.  They were lovely about it and said they'd welcome me back if I ever decided to volunteer again.  As I dropped volunteering for this, I decided to volunteer in a support role with a Legal Service primarily offering immigration advice.  But because of my 'Connect' group commitments, I did this every fortnight.

I also was enlisted on the production team at church, where i learnt to operate the Graphics feature.

In SEPTEMBER my parents went overseas to the UK, Hawaii and Bora Bora for 8 weeks and nothing exciting happened here.  I had my hair permanently straightened which I think has made my hair go a bit funny.  It was really great at the time though.

OCTOBER was obviously my birthday, always a good time.  During this time of connecting with people of my church, I met three girls who I became very close with.  I was touched when they threw two of us a birthday dinner and bought us gifts.  I haven't known these girls long but they have touched my life with their care and concern for me.  Over many dinners and hangouts both in church and out of church, i have become close with them and consider them to be good friends.

It's nice that I have found people at church, who share the same beliefs that i do, that are at the same part of life that i am at.  They understand me and can relate to similar things.  This also applies to people within my 'Connect' group.  People that encourage me to be the best person I can possibly be.