So that was 2013 then! Reading my friends’ and listeners’ posts, sometimes it feels like it was all a “bad year”, but I think there was some good in there as well. Personally, it’s been a year of ups and downs, but I’m a generally optimistic person so I’ve pretty much forgotten all the bad things really. It was a lovely summer! And the winter has been relatively kind to us Gothenburgians so far too.

2014 is going to be a year of milestones for me, as far as SLAY Radio goes. It will be ten years since I was first heard on SLAY (via the Boz and Skitz Experience, 2004-03-05), the first Z Show with me and Kenz (2004-03-28), and the one that I’m looking forward to the most – ten years of broadcasting the BBB! The first broadcast was 2004-11-03. This will be on a Monday in 2014 so I’ll either celebrate the week before, or on the 5th November – which also happens to be Guy Fawkes’ Night in England. More info nearer the time – there’s still a few months to go and I don’t want to hurry 2014 up!

Also, you may have seen a couple posts about some sad news about one of my “family members”, Talle the big grey cat. We’re not sure what exactly happened but his tail was badly injured. He had to be rushed to the vet, where they decided to amputate his tail. He’s back at home (the vet says home care is more comforting for a pet, something to which I agree) and I’m feeding him painkillers and antibiotics twice daily for the next ten days (at time of writing), at which point he gets another trip to the vet’s to have his stitches removed.  Because of this, I want to keep an eye on Talle and this means my first BBB of 2014 won’t be for a couple weeks (also at time of writing). I want to make sure he’s fine on the medication before I start shouting inane blabberings into a microphone again!

So, to all of you: Happy New Year! May 2014 bring you all what you wish for.