random thoughts on the last week

firstly, i want to welcome little josiah ian collinson into the world. ok, so he is nearly a week old now, but i haven't blogged since he's been born, so i think that's ok. hope all is well with dave, kylie and big brother noah.

complacency is a killer. it's comfortable, i won't argue you there. it's easy. it's nice. but it's a killer. to leave things the same, not to work on them, better them, improve them, test them, usually means they will die. but it's hard. it's not always easy, it's not always fun. sometimes it is. sometimes it's great. but you can't afford not to just because it may be hard, or not fun.

so this easter was a little weird for me. over the last few years, when i have spent Christmas and Easter away from my family and long time friends, its really been quite different. i haven't had the usual Christmas and Easter celebrations that go along with these times. in some way it's been good because it's forced to me to really think whats been going on during these times. but i have also really missed the celebrating with people who you really know and love, and who really know and love you back.

i got to speak with meredith yesterday and that was great. we haven't spoken since i have been back here, so it was so good to hear her voice. i will however maybe get to speak to her again later this week as CATH IS GETTING MARRIED ON SATURDAY!!!! i can't believe it. on of my long time best friends (see pic of me and cath below), who've i've had the pleasure of sharing many many single years with - ok, so we weren't always single, and there were some long time boyfriends in that mix, and i guess it would be more appropriate to say 'with whom i've had the pleasure of sharing many many years of dating experiences with - is getting married. and i'm not going to be there! DOH! and she's not even going to be at my wedding. DOH. i'm so glad we didn't jinx ourselves my last summer at home. we ended up starting to date matt and michael at about the same time, got engaged in the same week. but she sure got the jump on the marriage thing - i still have 5 and 1/2 months to go. but that's all good. it's so exciting. love you guys.