I’m going to warn you from the get-go that I’m going to be a little superficial in my “best” for today’s Best and Worst. More on that in a moment. Welcome to our last Best and Worst for 2011. Like many of you, I’ve been reading this post for years. YEARS. But only really started commenting in the past 12 months. What I realised is that the most terrific thing about adding your voice to B&W is it provides the opportunity to get unbiased advice from the MM community as well as share your joys and concerns with our supportive readers.
So back to me being superficial, it’s all to do with my best …
BEST 1: My old Mac was on its last legs and so Santa bought me a new MacBook Pro for Christmas. (I think Santa is trying to make up for 1987 when he gave me a bike helmet and Debbie Gibson’s Electric Youth album. On cassette.) Now I don’t know how things roll in your family but Brad and I don’t usually spend anywhere NEAR that much money on each other. But being a writer I needed a new laptop and my last one was on the verge of blowing up.
BEST 2: My filing cabinet and filing is OUT. OF. CONTROL. Seriously. I haven’t filed anything for 12 months. I got to the point where I have been working from the kitchen table and refusing to enter the study because it’s so depressing. Anyway … this week I found a brilliant woman who is going to come to my home and re-organise my filing cabinet for me, set me up with some better systems for my desk (rumour has it there’s a desk in the study …) and then (if I want her to) she’ll do my actual filing. Just knowing I’m going to get my study under control makes me feel better. I want to go into 2012 with less chaos and more calm.
WORST: I can’t even look at another chocolate sultana. Okay, that’s a lie …
OMM (On My Mind): Without sounding too depressing, I feel sad about this year ending. Mostly because I feel like it takes me further away from my daughter Georgie who was stillborn last year. Does that sound strange? It just seems like the more time that passes, the more her fingers are slipping out of mine.
Now it’s over to you. What were your best and worst moments of this week? Or even this year? We’re all ears …
Top Comments
I enjoyed reading your post, Bec. What you wrote about missing your daughter and not wanting to move farther and farther away from her really moved me. Hope you're feeling okay tonight.
I've set aside tomorrow (NY day) to tidy up the house so we can start the new year with a tidy/clean house.
Best: spending time with my children, seeing my daughter's face when she saw the reindeers/santa had eaten what she left for them.
Worst: visiting relatives for a week, had to sleep on an uncomfortable bed all week = no sleep! (trivial problem I know)
Happy New Year!
Thanks Petunia. I was okay actually. Often I find the lead-up to big milestones (Christmas, NYE etc) is worse than the actual day itself. There is a part of me that is (and will always be) sad but I was actually pretty okay last night and didn't get melancholy. xxxx
Best - spending time with my parents over the Christmas break. It was filled with good chats, Christmas and birthday celebrations with friends, and fantastic food.
A best and worst was having lunch with some friends who were babysitting two beautiful little girls - aged 2 and 4 - who had just lost their Dad 10 days before Christmas. It's heartbreaking to think of the sadness of the death and the difficult times ahead, but so heartwarming to see the spirit of the community rallying around these little girls.
Worst - lack of Internet in country NSW. 15 km out of Albury and the internet and mobile coverage was so frustrating. The digital divide really irks me. A first world problem I know.