HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! 
Am typing this sort of upside down, as my entrance into the New Year has been from a strictly horizontal position, thanks to the balls-up of a lumbar puncture I had done last Thursday.
Still, despite the worst back pain I have ever experienced and a feeling akin to being hit in the face by a sledgehammer every time I try to sit up - I am in remarkably good spirits and determined not to start the year on a downer.
Its a bit corny, but I read the following quote the other day and it really struck a chord with me:
"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin.....But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid.Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life." ~Alfred Souza~
I seem to spend such a lot of time thinking - after this next thing everything will be ok .... when we've just got x done, things'll come good ..... we just need to get through x and then things will be alright. So that quote seemed to just about sum me up.
I am so fed up of always feeling like happiness is just out of reach, so I'm going to try harder to live for the journey rather than the destination this year.
If any of you catch me wallowing - you are hereby authorised to give me a large kick in the rear!