It’s the time of year when everyone seems to turn to introspection and my letter box is filled with those blasted round-robin letters – why can’t these people get blogs like normal people?

Anyway, so as not to be left out this is my review of the year:

January

After the excesses of December we implement a one month spending freeze but this doesn’t extend to visits to Costa. One half of our best friends leaves for an 18 month secondment to Australia.

February

Suddenly find myself without a job after a falling out with my employer. Spurs me onto starting my own business Ammat Consulting and the search begins for clients. The other half of our best friends (and their kids) leaves for Australia. This makes us sad

March

Having struggled to keep my weight down I decide it is time for some drastic action and visit a hypnotherapist. It is a very strange sensation but I am not sure if I am more conscious about what I eat due to the hypnotism or just because the thought is more in my mind due to the sessions. Either way I lose weight.

Alternative therapies are to become a theme for this year.

April

Holiday in Florida. Every time we go we say that this will be our last time and enjoy it so much that we plan to go again. Can Alex be persuaded to go again in 2011?

May

Had an interview with a local software company about becoming their CEO but after a few weeks of negotiations it became clear that the incumbent MD was not going to give up his position easily so I walked away.

Meanwhile Alex had his first visits to potential universities ready for next year.

June

Alex takes his AS Levels and I queue outside O2 for the iPhone 3GS.

July

Mat with his guitar orchestra takes place in the regional finals of a national competition at the Festival Hall in Birmingham.

It’s a month for revisiting old friends. Firstly I meet up with Ella, a friend that I went to primary school with and haven’t seen for quite a few years and secondly I revisit Portsmouth with Alex to look round the University. Some things haven’t changed since my days there, others greatly.

Take an Insignia for a test drive.

August

Alex scores a set of fantastic AS Level results celebrates by spending a weekend ill at the Reading festival.

Quacks refuse to syringe my ear. I decide that there is no way I want to be spending 24 hours on a plane with blocked ears and so take matters into my own hands and go for hopi candle treatment. It doesn’t work and I come out smelling like a bonfire.

September

Helen and I step on a plane to fly to Australia to see our friends. This makes us happy

October

Collect my new car.

November

New car pays its first visit to the garage. Told that they couldn’t find any problem but they have done a software update. I am beholden to a team of programmers to make my car work. After 20 years in the industry this makes me more than a little nervous.

December

It snows giving us a white Christmas and a frozen boiler!

 

So that’s it for 2009.

What? You want to know why it is titled “Facebook, Face Bar and Face Palm”? Well 2009 was the year where I got back in contact with many friends from Portsmouth via Facebook, Alex spent many nights partying at the Face Bar and Mat spent much of the year doing the face palm whenever I open my mouth! Oddly Helen didn’t do anything face related this year.

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