So now I have written down my goals, instead of vague New Year's resolutions as in past years, and have them up on the toilet door as a constant reminder. Some I have hung on to for 15 to 20 years, and am still no closer to achieving.īut if not achieved or even begun this year, then when? Now it is the beginning of 2010, and I look back at the goals I have set myself in the past. So even though, in all likelihood, I don't have a life-threatening virus, I know that this life hangs by a thread which can snap or be cut at any time. I now know the disease can linger in your body for almost a year before showing any symptoms. Though my boyfriend and medical professionals tried to assure me the monkey was not rabid, you cannot help but worry. Not knowing the ins and outs of rabies, it not being so common in Australia, I thought I was going to die in the next few days and never make it home to see my family. A recent trip to Vietnam saw me bitten by a monkey on a remote island, which caused me to reflect on my own mortality.Ī searing pain, I looked around to see an orange monkey hanging off the back of my leg by its teeth and I thought simply, “I'm dead”. I'm not planning to have a good year, hoping for one – I'm going to have one.Īfter all, it may be my last. THIS new year is going to be a big one for me – a great one.

Coast to coast monkey business game