SD2012

Well 2012 so far has been a crazy and wonderful year. I got to spend some much required time with my Son. Had a trip to visit Family in Connecticut and then a week over in Florida relaxing in the Sun by the pool. Sam loved it; we got to meet Mickey Mouse and eat ice-cream in January! One thing Disney does not advertise though is how many kids actually cry at Disney, I had just spent over £500 on park tickets and as soon as we walk in I get I child screaming hanging off my leg because he hates all the characters dressed up the loud music the flashing lights and mass amount of people.... Don’t see that advertised in the Disney book do you! To be honest the thought of how scary that must be never crossed my mind but I was a fan of tough love and kept implementing the sentence Man Up, which after a few days he did, we watched the parades, fireworks and even managed a select few rides (round and round on the cars, tea cups and the carousel.... something I may have been able to purchase a Billy bates fair at a much cheaper price..... I must admit to getting a tad peeved when he wanted to pet the sheep for two hours at Animal Kingdom I’m like.... really..... we can do this at a farm... LET’S GO!!!). Even though the initial reaction of when we first arrived at the park was not what I expected... It was still worth every penny and we both Loved It. The Adventures of Sam begin! The flights were brilliant travelling as a single parent allows you great advantages over other passengers; they opened desks for me to pass immigration, pushed me through the ques of security and even managed a flight upgrade, which made me never want to travel without him again! It was a breeze. I conquered driving on the opposite side of the road in an automatic car which has concluded that I do in actual fact ROCK. After sitting in the car for a good ten minutes I said ‘right Sam now or never but mummy is pooing herself’ to which he replied ‘nope you’re not you liar you've been toilet’ (which if we are talking facts I actually had not..... but he made me laugh and eased the situation. I completely ruined whatever bit of cool I had gained when I jumped out of the car at the the destination and started singing 'all the women do independent throw your hands up at me'... to which I was told by my son to stop doing that because its 'embarrassing!' So I made two different states in two weeks on drove on the wrong side with a three year old... so still standing by my facts that I do in fact rock... a little: D It was great to see my family and especially the newest addition Hannah to the Greasley Family. The lifestyle that is available in America keeps my dreams alive somehow. He said to me whilst on holiday, I like that you work so hard to save pennies for Disney land, when we get back you work again so we can come back (cough cough I wanted to correct and say MasterCard have worked hard but I didn’t want to confuse him) I am pleased he recognises the reasons behind the work effort. As always some elements of my life run at 100 percent and up until now it was everything bar a relationship, but I’m sure some are already aware due to a drunken announcement at the weekend (Everything is better and easier drunk.....woke up with my face in the pillow like epee I really did that but it was far too late to retract my statement) and then a follow up as confirmation of a relationship change.... (I was quite daunted about this whole situation... I am 26 how to you approach a whole bf gf kind of relationship at this age..... And especially asking is this FB official?) Is this what it feels like to 'come out’?!?! Whatever I have got myself into here it’s the rule of 100% ... the risks I have taken so far haven’t turned out all that bad so one more won't hurt. His imagination is just as crazy as mine so it could be a fun ride. It’s nice to be myself around him and it’s also very nice he is so tall.... if he shrinks I will have to review the status update, until then I’m happy with the way this is going and I’m very happy with my Bradley Cooper Pass. As always Jamie is in Overload and especially with a knee operation and Aunty Sam has like always saved the day especially at Christmas. I hit my brick Wall at Christmas. I was being very reactive when sales were coming in instantly to get the orders processed and out, it was time consuming full of effort and hours at the post office. Sam recognised I was struggling waved her major wand reminds me that we are not superman and puts distribution procedures into place. December taught us a lot in terms of future businesses and structures of the Group. It’s great to be surrounded by people that have different key skills and we are just learning how to use and improve ourselves in the best ways possible, which comes down to identifying key strengths and weaknesses which is never easy but an absolute must in a way to progress. I feel very confident in talking about our businesses and each of their individual strategies now. We have good foundations and I’m excited to see where it leads us in 2012, no doubt be nothing like we imagine but the journeys more fun than the destination anyway. 2012 is going to see massive media changes. Me and Sam are working on a few assignments and gaining a qualification at the minute which will have a direct impact on our own websites, I am trying to create a better home work life balance this year, rather than me talk about how to utilise this your better to go to the master @Mentor. I have a ton of stories and I have lots of interesting geeky facts for the nerds out there but I have clear objectives this year. Home work-life balance... Make money... Sleep... On that note Peace from the Hippie HQ