What a Year

At the beginning on the year, I was busy at work gearing up for the February Winter Olympics. My whole workplace was transformed and was ready to greet the world on February 12, much like the rest of the city.

Although I was often work between 60-80 hours and was exhausted, I was thankful. Working those kind of hours was a great distraction for me. I was missing my wonderful boyfriend (!!) and was eagerly anticipating his visit to Canada and the ring that was coming with him :)

The Olympics left just as quickly as they arrived. I was thankful for the fact that I got to live downtown and be in the middle of it all. What a great once in a lifetime experience.

March 1st I picked up Barney from the airport! It has been 6 months since I had last seen him. He stayed for 2.5 weeks and we had a great time exploring Vancouver and Victoria. I'm glad that he got the chance to meet my family and ask my dad for my hand in marriage. So on the 16th of March, he proposed and I said 'of course'. Unfortunatly, the next day I had to bring him back to the airport to say good bye. That sucked.

The few months after that consisted of work, hanging out with friends, being in a friends wedding and completing my immigration papers that would eventually lead to my leaving Canada in mid-July. Not before visiting Vegas with my mom, sister and niece to say goodbye to my then pregnant sister and her husband.

Arriving back in Australia was so great. Seeing Barney at the airport and just spending time face to face was awesome. Thankfully, our texting/emailing days were over. I got to meet his brother, niece and his aunty as soon as arrived. Shorty after I got back, we drove up the coast to visit his parents which was lovely.

I started work just under a month since I had returned and fell right back into place where I was working before. Its been mostly work ever since, but have also spent a lot of time outdoors, exploring our beautiful surroundings. We've taken short trips to Sydney and surrounding areas where we can.

And on December 15th, we got married! Hard to believe at the beginning on the year, we were boyfriend and girlfriend living on opposite sides of the world and now we are husband and wife in the same home. I love it. And I love him.

We had a lovely Christmas with his family. Now, its New Years Eve and my husband has gone to work. I'm about to go to the beach than I'm off to work. Such is the life of hospitality workers....

That has been a glimpse of my year and I look forward to what the next year will bring.

All the best to you for the New Year!

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