Wendee's Visit of Oct 2018 see here with me and Brer Rabbit
Well welcome to the New Year 2019. I am not sure what to say about 2018…good and bad. Well for a start the good – I completed a course – a Young Adult Writers Course and also a Vet Assistant Course prior to that to complement my ongoing (though I stopped in midway 2017 for a little study break admittedly) previous Cert in Animal Science Level 2. This year I carry on with Level 3 Animal Science Cert via Southern Institute of Technology again. Also I carry on with my strala yoga, my regular fitness challenges I set via my two influencers / idols – Betty Rocker exercise challenges and Tara Stiles Yoga challenges…and regular walking daily.
My Property Brokers real estate admin job keeps me busy for the rest of the time. It was wonderful to go to Australia Gold Coast again and do up / renovate our Apartment in July of last year which kept us all busy (as well my teen son got sick….maybe I’ve written about that already so I won’t repeat myself)
The bad of 2019 – well my son who turns 18 this month started missing classes at his Level 3 mechanical course, and also has had a few “run-ins’ so to speak with getting caught driving passengers on a restricted drivers licence; as well his work experience with Global Autoworks did not pan out due to his lack of attendance. There is sadly much worry I haven’t written about with Jesse and his teenage boy phase….but that is the gist of it…. the concern of course is whether he will finish his Level 3 Auto Course or whether he won’t finish it solely due to his low attendance levels of 2018. After much distress both about the driving thing and his classes I can only surmise that it is up to him now, his life, his choices.
Shaun is busy as usual with rural / lifestyle real estate right up to Christmas Day. He stopped briefly for a day or so before starting again and new projects and now is in Sydney on a course. My husband is a workaholic and that’s OK with me.
My garden is a shocking mess now we are in Southern Hemisphere Summertime. I just don’t have the hours to do it. Today I’ll make the most of getting out there I hope. I could do with earning some more money to help with my study fees though this year and as such if I can find some external gardening or other misc work, I may consider it for sure.
I have a few troubling health issues I won’t go into suffice to say I am “taking them into my hands and doing my best to cure them naturally”. I don’t know if its just me or whether women are more prone to not liking going to the doctor than men and we seem to have so many more “women’s health checks” that sometimes it is sheer draining to keep on top of all our “checks”
I like this weather, I am a fan of Summer but I do struggle with the heat. At the moment book-wise I’m reading a book about a girl raised in the Jehovah Witness faith called “Attic Alone” by A McGinley. I’m also writing my own young adult novel but the theme has changed entirely from onset.
My Level 3 Animal Science Cert starts end Jan and by then I will be well ready to get into it.
I’m also looking for some animal centre part time work to complement my study (add a practical element somewhat) and to get a foot into that industry so to speak…the industry of vet clinics, catteries, boarding kennels, groomers etc. My 1.5 years experience volunteering at Hawkes Bay Rabbit Rescue plus my ongoing animal science and vet assistant study should see in my favour I hope. My small issue is keeping up with my Property Brokers real estate admin work while branching out into the animal industry at the same time.
I’ve also set up a Home Pet Sitting business but only have been offered work so far from staff at Property Brokers. I hope this will enhance itself also this year and I need to make some concrete goals and plans towards all this.
It’s a year with many prospects. I live in a little fear right now – health problems for me pop up periodically and I am a constant worrier about them….so let’s see how this year pans out. I’ll write an update in a month or so. My son turns 18 in a week; we head back to Australia in May 2019; I have new goals and new plans….as the saying goes, if it is to be, it is up to me. Hello 2019…
