Since I started this blog, each New Year I look back on the year gone by.

January came and went, without me having anything to write about.

In February we got ourselves some winter – and I got myself a surprise, when the company I worked for, told me and some of my colleagues that we would be transferred to another company within few months. None of us had seen this coming, so it was a bit of a chock.
I did however try to look at it from a positive viewpoint. After all, we weren’t fired, just transferred.
The last thing I wrote in February was that I could really use a hug. That is still the case.

March – not much to write about.

April – not much to say about that either.

May was the month, I – and the other transferred colleagues – started in the new company. Our job would be to work for the company that had ‘sold’ us, so besides the new work address, not much did change at this time.
May was also the month, I realized that I wanted to see all seven continents. Until this time, I had seen Europe, Asia and North America – and was about to go to Africa few months later. At this point I also got an offer of seeing yet two more continents, but that would not be until the year after (which is this year). More about that later – I hope.

June – well, the weather was nice, but other than that, I couldn’t find anything special to write about.

July came, and when it was finished, all I could show on my blog, was some pictures of animals.
A bumblebee, a cat and a pigeon.

In August I enjoyed the summer and I tried to write a blog post with feather and ink.

September was the month I visited South Africa (from late august to start of september) and saw some wild animals, I normally only see on TV or in Zoo.
This was also the month I finally put in writing that I felt something was wrong. I was so detached – so out of sync – that I had (and still have) – a hard time focusing on the world and people around me. This is something I will try to mend in the time to come.

I cannot say much about October. James Bond, the movie series, celebrated its 50th year anniversary. And I did spend a lot of time seeing all the movies, including the ones that wasn’t official part of the franchise.

November. Me kind of lost, as usual, but otherwise nothing to write about.

December was a bit more action filled; at least compared to November. The first snow came on the first of December.
My sister got married on the 12 of December.
And I sent an apology to all the people I have treated badly through the years. I did not address anyone in particular, but I really remember quite a few episodes, I am not proud of. And though it is less than likely all those people read my blog, I hope it will send some good vibrations in their directions.

That ended 2012.

The best wishes for 2013.

I try to be a good person, but looking back, it has not always been a success.
More times than I like to admit, I have acted like a real jerk, disappointing people around me.
A little too often, I may have hurt peoples feelings, by behaving like a genuine ass.
There have been situations, where I have made someone sad because I lacked the ability to do or say the right thing at the right time.
This is my sincere apology to you who have experienced that side of me!

I have to confess something:

Often, when I see a movie with vampires or space aliens trying to defeat us humans, I am on the side of the non-humans.

That does not include zombies – they are just too weird.

Should I be worried? 🙂

Where do I go from here?

My mind seems to be drifting more and more. Often I am not even sure where it is going, when it leaves me.

Few weeks ago, I took on a journey to the southern part of the Globe. (For me a long journey, since I live in the northern part of the World). I hoped my mind would go with me on the trip to the other end of the World. And I think it did.

I still haven’t figured out, if it is a problem with a wandering mind – and if it is: what to do about it.

A few months ago I wrote that I had been “sold” by my company. I – and some of my colleagues – had to start in another firm. Of course it was a chock to get such news. And in the first days, we could only see all the negative things about this job change. After these first days, it began to settle. We got used to the idea, that within three months, we would be switching companies. The positive sides of the transfer started to push the negative thoughts away: With a new company come new possibilities.

I have now started in the new firm. I have been well received, and the receiving firm has made an effort to make me feel welcome. I have felt welcome, and I am glad to be where I am now.

Not everything is in place yet. But I am sure it will be.

Yet another year has gone and as earlier years I will try to think back, with the assistance of this blog.

It is easy to say, that not much happened in 2011 – at least not to me.

I did not write so many blog posts. Not necessarily because I did not have anything to write about. I just did not write much. Okay – I really did not have much to write about.

2011 started with lots and lots of snow in Denmark. And it went on for months. We usually get snow in wintertime, but nothing like we saw in 2010 and 2011. At the time I am writing these words, it is winter again in Denmark, but until now, we almost haven’t seen any snow. That is a bit odd too.

For some time now, I have tried to make myself more the person I would like to be; tried to get rid of some of my worrying nature and to feel more ‘in sync’ with the world surrounding me. Some of that has been a bit of a success; other is still work in progress.

In February I helped one of my friends move to another apartment, but other than that, nothing really happened.

We did however have some stunning morning skies.

March and April could have been more special. Together with a good friend, I had planned to travel to Japan. The plan was to see some of the most fantastic parts of Japan. But few days before our planned trip, Japan was struck by a very large earthquake, leading to a massive tsunami, smashing parts of the country – including a nuclear plant. Since this disaster struck parts of our planned destinations, we had to cancel our trip. Instead we went to USA, where we rented a car and saw some of the states between D.C. and New Orleans.

May – June – July … what can I say? I did not have anything to write about then, and I still do not have anything to write. But then came October … … and still nothing to write about.

I had planned a vacation in late October, early September. Or at least I had planned the time for a vacation. But I could not get things to work my way, and ended up with just a short vacation – and just pure relaxation, not any travel. When I read back in my blog, it actually saddens me a bit, that I didn’t do more exciting things in 2011. Other than the US travel, I have spent most of my time working. And of course it is fine to have a work. In the ongoing tough economic times in most parts of the western world, it is positive to still have a job. But it would have been even better, if I had had more adventures in leisure.

Maybe 2012 will be better.

It may not be a great secret, but I usually avoid starting a conversation by telling this, so even people who know me well might not know it: I really like tomatoes!

Besides sun dried tomatoes (which I really do not like) and pickled green tomatoes (which I can eat, but usually prefer not to), I like them all: Large beefsteak tomatoes, small cherry tomatoes, raw tomatoes, cooked tomatoes.

The best tomatoes are the ones who stay on the plant until they are red and eatable. Most tomatoes found in stores were picked while still green. They do not have the same taste as a freshly picked ripe tomato. But they are still good.

Fruit or vegetable? I say: both!

So now you know. 🙂

As written earlier, I have been working with things about me, I thought needed some improvements (and there is just so much potential for improvement in me).

One of the things, I have been addressing, is my worrying nature. I have been too good, worrying about things that never happened. And if they did happen, I worried about them once more.

I do believe I have improved greatly in that aspect. I do not worry so much anymore.

But after my holiday in The States, where large parts of the trip was driving out, without knowing exactly, where we would end up at the end of the day, I must admit to myself, that I still need to work with that.

All my holidays so far has been very planned. If more than one hotel has been part of the trip, I have usually known all the addresses, and the dates for arrival and departure.

But not this time … And I loved it! It was a fantastic way of travel. We did aim for specific cities when we drove out in the morning. So we got a little lost at times. But mostly we had not planned a time to be somewhere, so it was not possible to be late.

It wasn’t that hard for me to travel that way, so I have moved myself to a certain extent. But at times I was a little worried, when it started getting dark and we still hadn’t found a place to stay for the night. I still have some work to do there. 🙂