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Hello Everyone,
The Christmas break is over now and 2008 is here. Happy New Year to you all. I hope you had a lovely time over the holidays and are all geared up for a fantastic 2008. I know I am. Let's hope things in Summer Bay get off to a good start and the year brings lots of joy and happiness for all.
I spent a lot of time over the summer holidays down at the beach with Pippa, playing in the sand and soaking up the beautiful weather. I do feel much more relaxed, I needed it after such a difficult year. The sun and sea are so good for relieving stress, and of course so are kids. I think without this beautiful place I live in and my wonderful daughter it would have been much more difficult to brave life without Brad.
Having said all that I did come across something really odd at the beach which has thrown me a bit, well quite a lot. "Milco" was written in the sand. Milco was my imaginary friend when I was a little girl. Seeing his name written like that at the beach has really spooked me. I asked Rachel and Cassie to see if they had written it but they hadn't. They were the only people who knew about Milco so it doesn't make sense to me at all. I feel a bit crazy, to be honest I think Cassie may think I am too. I took her to the beach so she could see it with her own eyes and it wasn't there, it had completely disappeared. I didn't know what to say. Is this some cruel trick someone is playing on me? There's just no logical explanation for it.
Something else has also been upsetting me and that is that Henk is back in town. I'm really trying to be okay about it, for Cassie's sake, because I really do want nothing but happiness for her - but Henk! I don't trust he will at the end of the day bring her that happiness. I'm sure he loves her as much as he says he does but I just don't think he's a good enough person for Cassie deep down. Trouble just seems to follow him wherever he goes.
Cassie is over the moon that he's back and there is nothing anyone could say to convince her otherwise. She's determined to be with Henk and she'll do anything to make it work between them now that he's come back to claim her love. I just pray he does the right thing by Cassie. I really do. But something deep down is telling me there is trouble ahead. I'm just not feeling at ease about it all.
Look at me. Here I am trying to go in to 2008 with a positive attitude and I'm already speaking doom and gloom. Oh dear. I'm sure it's going to be fine. I think this Milco thing has just thrown me off course.
My new year's resolutions have been quite simple this year. None of this losing weight and sticking to ridiculous diets. I just want to be healthy and happy and to do that I'm going to spend as much time as possible down at the beach hanging out with Pippa.
I'm really looking forward to seeing Jack and Sam when they return from their honeymoon. I'm sure it was beautiful. I'm not however looking forward to seeing Martha and Sam come face to face after what Tony told me. I can't believe Martha showed up at their wedding. Tony told me she turned up at the last minute with tears in her eyes. I don't know what her intentions were and I don't think I want to know. There have been too many dreams shattered around here. I'm just glad she didn't intervene and I really hope Sam didn't see her. There will definitely be a showdown if she did. I know Sam, now that she's married to Jack she will do everything in her power to keep it that way.
Talking of relationships, Ric and Mattie are still at each other's throats. Those two have really been put through it and I feel so sorry for Ric. He adores Mattie, he just doesn't know how to keep himself out of trouble. They're so young, maybe they'll work it out and get through all the drama. But it has been pretty dramatic between them. Mattie told me that Viv is pregnant. I was so shocked to hear that! Poor Mattie, she's furious. What was Ric thinking when he got involved with that woman? As soon as she appeared on the scene trouble started brewing. I just don't think he saw it coming. He was too flattered by her advances towards him to notice her games. We all tried to warn him. It's such a mess now. I don't know what's going to happen between him and Mattie now that this has happened but I do know he's too much of a decent guy to not want to know his own son. It's such a difficult situation. Oh the tangled webs we weave!
I'm not looking forward to Leah leaving at all. Dan has already left for LA and Leah has found Roman to replace her as Irene's business partner at the diner. I know Irene is kicking up a bit of a fuss. She doesn't want Leah to go either and is really digging in her heals. She just doesn't seem to be accepting Roman at all. I really feel for him having to put up with Irene's wrath. He seems like a really nice bloke. I think he's handling himself pretty well though. The other day I was in the diner when Irene was having a go at him, he was so calm about it all. All he did was apologise and tell her it won't happen again. Then he did something unbelievable which I know Irene would've hated, he winked at her! I nearly fell off my chair it was so funny. Irene hates charmers. This would have driven her crazy. Leah told me he does it all the time, she said he handles her beautifully. A part of me understands where Irene is coming from, she doesn't know anything about him and apparently he keeps his private life under lock and key. I'm sure that's worrying her a bit.
Geoff and Annie are doing alright after the Reverend Hall fiasco. He's still in hospital. Rachel has been amazing throughout it all. She's been helping with his recovery and apparently even spoke to him of her forgiveness. I'm not sure I'd be so forgiving.
I'm going to take Pippa down to the beach now and relax the rest of the day away. Here's to a wonderful 2008, I'm really looking forward to what this year is going to bring. I love the start of a new year, there is always so much hope in the air, and the thrill of what lies ahead.
Love, Sally.
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