Welcome, one and all, to 2007 AD.
As many of you know (and hopefully most of you remember), last night was the time when the calendar heartily says, 'Congratulations! It sure was tough, but wow - you made it through the year! Now here, have another.'
I started my year off with a 'Woot', quite literally, spending the last few hours of 2006 with Ben, Amy & Clare. It was a good night - laughs a plenty (always a certainty with Clare), great dinner from Amy, and Dame Edna Everage impersonations by Ben (we played Cranium).
But that's all quite distinctly in the past now, and what follows is another 12 months of persevering with the Gospel for the sake of Christ, and whatever else we might get up to behind the scenes.
I still have two more weeks before starting work at the Hospital, and am slowly saying goodbye to the last decent holidays I'll ever have. Not to worry.
Between now and the start of next semester, I'll be joined in my house by Chris (permanent resident), Keagan and Vernon (college students temporarily seeking accommodation in Townsville). That makes two engineers, one pharmacist and one pharmacologist - the battle-lines seem evenly drawn.
Well I'm off to buy a paper to see if my letter to the editor was published - as for the rest of the day, I think some house-cleaning's in order.
Scott
