I hate the phrases “new beginnings”, “new start”, “life starts again NOW”, etc. I don’t think you can ever leave the past behind. It will always be part of you and will shape how you behave in the future. But there are a few new and good things happening in my life right now that makes me feel like there is a change happening for good. I even feel tempted to call it a “new beginning”.
But I won’t.
I started a new job at the end of November. The job just fell in my lap… as they say. A friend from uni was leaving on maternity leave, she asked me if I’d be interesting in applying, I did and I got the job. Process engineer at a water recycling plant (yeah poo water into clean water… it’s not glamorous). The job allows me to be in Sydney pernamently. No travelling interstate. It’s only half an hour from my house (an amazing achievement for anyone living in Sydney), and I work normal 8 hour days although starting at 7am, which (surprisingly) I’m finding quite easy. There is a bit of on-call, but it’s fairly infrequent and the plant is running like a dream (touch wood) so there are very few call outs.
I’ve been taking full advantage of being back in Sydney. December and January have been nuts. Catching up with friends, bbqs, Sydney Festival, gigs, house parties, brunch with the girls, lots of beer drinking (and cider drinking) in pubs. It’s been non stop and awesome.
One thing I’ve really noticed with my new job is just how much free time I now have. I don’t really know what to do with it all. I feel that I am quickly running out of excuses to avoid exercise and that I might actually try to “get fit” in 2012, something I’ve been saying since I finished uni (8 years ago). I have bought some cross training sneakers so I feel like I am part of the way there and can pat myself on the back for my effort. I think I might take one of my bikes (yes I have two, like many things in my life I have duplicates due to living in two places for so long) into work and go for bike rides after work. A few of the guys at work do it as there is a cycle track outside my work. Looks like fun.
So far I’ve spent most of my free time unpacking boxes and catching up on tv shows. I’ve run out of boxes and I’m quickly running out of tv shows (hurry up Dexter season 7). Eventually I’ll have to find something else - exercise, a hobby, maybe a short course. But for the meantime I’m enjoying sitting back and enjoying my additional free time - somewhat of a luxury after the last 3 years of work.
P.S. I’m going to try to blog more frequently from now on.
