New year - and all that jazz

Yep, another year has (finally) bitten the dust and I can't say I'm sad to see the back end of 2011.

It was a prick of a year. Too much bad stuff went down, all over the world. Let's hope this year Mother Nature finds her prozac and cheers up.

On a personal level it was a 50/50 year for me. 50% awesome, 50% crap.

Let's start with the good stuff first:
I did my first race in Oz.
I had my first Australia Day in Oz.
I had a nice Xmas day.
I became a qualified personal trainer and Zumba instructor
I became assistant manager of a gym after working my butt off for ten months, six days a week
I re-discovered I'm fructose intolerant and have stopped feeling like crap all the time
I didn't have to use my Epipens.
I decided to start an Intimo business
I moved to a nicer, cheaper house (8 feet from the old one, LOL)
I lost over 20kg
I got to go to the Health and Fitness expo in Sydney


On the less than salubrious side:
I busted my shoulder.
At work.
10 days after qualifying as A PT.
Not my fault.
FFS!
I had to pull out of five races, including my dream race, Ironman NZ, which cost me big money and huge amounts of sanity
All my Ironman training came to nothing
I've had 9 months of physio and feel I'm getting nowhere I won't be able to race again for months or years. Having a shoulder injury to your dominant arm is Shit house.
I spent months broke, owing to being screwed over my shoulder and having to pay all my medical expenses when it should have been workcover. Still not happy about this. Considering legal remedy.
I re-discovered I'm fructose intolerant and can't have apples, pears, mango, artichoke, onion, lettuce, melons, leeks, lots of wheat, pawpaw, papaya, and a squillion other things I used to love but now make me really sick :-(


Stuff to look forward to in 2012:
FILEX for free - sure, I have to work half of it to earn my keep, but I also get to play half.
And I get to go to Beto's masterclass. Sweet!
Shep half Ironman, shoulder permitting
July Intimo conference if I qualify
Trip to Malaysia and Singapore in July/August if I have the money
Tax time = refund
Fingers crossed, Intimo rewards trip to Phuket in October
More Zumba instructor trainings, shoulder permitting.
Getting to my goal weight/size/shape
Kicking ass at work and restoring the business to its former glory
More consulting work, or less, as My Intimo business will kick ass!

Not much else to say right now. Bit tired so off to take a nap :-)