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A decade in reflection. 2010 started with a January holiday to Egypt - the top destination on my bucket list. The drama from my lungs was supposed to be over, and I had an upward trend in my lung function until winter hit and the words ‘transplant waitlist’ became part of my vocabulary. But not before Grant and I squeezed in one last holiday to Thailand in November. 2010 ended with an oxygen concentrator and a place on the transplant waitlist. 2011 saw my boy leave the nest and move to Sydney, while I headed to hospital. From February to May, I was virtually housebound and hanging on by my fingernails. The end of May brought a second chance for life with the gift of a new set of lungs. Before I came home from hospital, my beautiful Monkey, who had looked after me for 17 years and kept me company on the waitlist, crossed the rainbow bridge. I went from barely walking 20 metres on the day of my transplant to completing the 4km City to Surf 3 months later. (This remains my only athletic accomplishment post-transplant 🤣) In September, Pepsi Parsons pounced into my life. 2012 saw me say goodbye to my Gran, and return to work. A devastating fire burnt down the school I worked at and I spent the remainder of the year rebuilding the library and working on the final stages of the publication of my first book. 2013 stared with a trip to Vietnam and the release of my first book — ‘The Mystery of the Sixty-Five Roses’. I won my first library-related award for the work I performed rebuilding the school library. In October, Grant Jarryn and I ventured to Rome, Scotland, Wales, England with a day trip to Paris. I spent 2014 writing the book that would become Pepsi the Problem Puppy but took time out to get married to Grant and take a trip to Hong Kong. 2015 stared with the set-up of the library in the rebuilt school building, and I won my second library-related award - this time for the design and relocation of the school library. I taught myself how to turn The Mystery of the Sixty-Five Roses into an ebook ready for release the following year. 2016 saw endless rounds of edits for Pepsi the Problem Puppy. ...Continued in comments
Rotto is watching The Art of Racing in the Rain rather intently 🐾🐾 . . [Image Description: Rotto’s head from behind with his ears pricked up. On the TV The Art of Racing in the Rain is playing with Denny and Enzo sitting on the couch.] @garthstein

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