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The year that was. 12/31/2005

We come to the end of another year. It has been a year filled with ups and downs for me. There were not a lot of high points. Nothing much happened this year to fill me with glee. Except for a certain arrival, whose appearance in my life has given me cause for much laughter and happiness.

On the flip side, I lost 3 friends this year. 2 to road accidents, and one to cancer. I have to admit I feel a serious loss with Smiffy’s passing. I guess we were close friends, but I didn’t know how close until a couple of days ago, when I was flipping through my phone’s address book, and saw his name, and realised that no one would pick that number up now if I called it. Well, someone would, since the number belongs to the office, but it wouldn’t be Smiffy.

I made a slew of new friends this year as well, having attended the PPS bash, and other miscellaneous gatherings. To those with whom I have made my accquaintance, thank you for saying hello, and being friendly. We should all meet again for coffee. Or something.

My work no longer pleases me. I wear 2 hats at work. One for my routine work which I was employed to do, and the other for Safety. And everyone hates Safety Officers with a vengence. Safety Officers have to, by the nature of their job, be hard nosed bastards, and taking no argument from anyone. It is human nature to take short cuts to ease work, and do the minimum, but if something happens, then it’s the Safety Officer who has to answer for it. Chasing everyone up to wear helmets and boots, and all the other thousand and one things that make up a site’s safety requirements means that this “second hat” is eating up more and more of my daily time. I hope I get some sort of recognition for this come bonus time. Assuming we actually get a bonus.

I didn’t do a lot of riding this year. I seem to have lost my nerve for fast, on the edge riding. Maybe I’m getting old. Maybe my bones are taking longer to mend. I’m not sure. I do know that I dropped 3 times this year. Running in a traffic cone, and a car, and the other when the front wheel of a friend’s bike slipped under me. Also the truck has been giving me some grief. She’s showing her age, and needs a make over desperately.

All in all, this has been a year I’d rather forget. Here’s hoping that 2006 will be better.

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