Many years have gone by in a flash but none have gone as fast as 2023! I can't believe it is the end of June and that I am only 6 months away from my 40th birthday. Since I last wrote the year has continued to be kind to me for which I am very thankful for.

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2023 has so far been very kind to me. I achieved my professional career high a few weeks ago receiving my Golden Keys!!! More on that in a bit.

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01. What did you do in 2022 that you'd never done before?

Trained and ran a 5K, had Covid, and finished paying off my student loans.

02. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

I was pretty good the first few months of the year about doing yoga but then dropped the ball. I really noticed a difference in my ( Read more... )

And as per usual the last two months of the year were chock full of activity and work. The end of year flew by in a blink of an eye and besides a week of a rotten cold it was a very lovely end to the year.

At the beginning of November I took myself to one of my favourite restaurants in Stockholm for lunch one last time as they closed just 5 weeks ( Read more... )

Most of September into early October was eaten up by work. I worked 34 days without two consecutive days off in a row. But before that I thankfully had 5 days off down at my folks and as I mentioned the newlyweds and baby joined us. The first few days it was just my folks and I. I was able to take them out to lunch one of the days. My Mum was in a ( Read more... )

I have been fortunate to travel to 50+ countries but Greece was one of the last major European ones I had not been to yet. This trip was originally planned for summer 2020 for my brothers 40th and dad's 80th. Fast forward two years later and it was finally happening. And to say I loved Greece would be the understatement of the year! The week we ( Read more... )

Upon returning from France summer had truly arrived in Stockholm. Overall it was rainier than the previous few but we still had lots of good weather too and a warmer than usual August which was nice. We didn't manage to successfully grow our tomato plant sadly but our indoor plants who move outside every summer are thriving so you win some and you ( Read more... )

On the 28th of May after a particularly grueling week at work we were finally on holidays! I was pretty damn tired and grateful to have a few days in Stockholm to recharge a bit before heading off to Paris early Monday morning. We were going to France for 9 days and it could not have come at a better time. I was last in Paris in 2007 with Dublin ( Read more... )

Nobody is here and I have not written anything since the end of February. 2022 has been a funny old year with some searing highs and terrible lows but I still want to make sure I continue to have a place to write all of this down. I started tonight at 10PM five nights of the night shift so what better way to keep myself awake and alert with writing ( Read more... )

The end of January and the month of February has been a mix of emotions, lot of visitors and surprisingly sunny! One of my favourite colleagues at work quit to go to law school. I am so chuffed for her but I miss her energy and Inbox clearing skills. The week after we got back from the funeral various friends dropped by the hotel to say hello which ( Read more... )