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The second 6 months of 2007
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Amsterdam was a lovely way to bring in the second half of 2007! We hung out with a friend, played the tourist game and had a lot of fun, until the last night when we ran into an unfortunate crowd. None to worry, life goes on...

We got back to Berlin alright and decided to move house and just when we were about to move got a phone call from my partner's family asking if we wanted to come home because my partner's father's health was not good. We decided that we would go back to Australia, at least to find out what was happening, but hopefully not to stay.

We came back to Australia via a week long play in London and a day trip in Tokyo to find my partner's father was actually in a much worse health situation than we had realised.

Thankfully he got better, then he got worse, then he got better and eventually unfortunately he took a very sudden turn and died. Much of this last 6 months has therefore been spent in Aus, checking on everyone's health status and going through the grieving process. It has been a long and difficult time.

It has also been a tough time to try and find employment with the obvious emotional trauma, a national election and the wind-down towards Christmas and the new year. I have been fortunate enough to find work with an established international charity group where I am now responsible for the marketing and fundraising for the state. My partner is currently 'on holidays' but we are working on event management jobs...

Having just spent the Christmas and new year holiday break at a folk festival in the bush, I now feel cleansed, refreshed and a hopeful excitment for 2008.

It has been a long and rough 6 months but I now feel more grounded and calm. And am very, very grateful for strong, supportive family and friends, for my partner and for me!

Happy new year to everyone else and best of luck!

Sincerely

Kristiana

January 1, 2008 | 11:11 PM Comments  0 comments

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