4 x 2 Meme

Here we go again... Newhousenewjob has tagged me for the 4 x 2 meme.

You have to list four things that were new to you in the past four years - four things you learned or experienced or explored for the first time in the past four years: new house, new school, new hobby, new spouse, new baby, whatever. Then you have to say four things you want to try new in the next four years.

Ok, first of all the four new things in the last four years:

1. I had a major car crash and had to be cut out of the car. The A2 looks very different when you're upside down...

2. I became an aunt.

3. I started a new job last year... and resigned from it, so I'm job hunting again...

4. I started blogging !

Four new things I'd like to try in the next four years:

1. A new job ! (Still in teaching, I hope)

2. I'd quite like to go on pilgrimage to Fatima. I've never been, and it would be interesting to compare it with Lourdes.

3. I want to go to the Rue de Bac in Paris to see the incorrupt body of St. Catherine Labouré.

4. I want to go and see Pope Benedict XVI. I've been to a General Audience before, but that was to see John Paul II. I've never seen Benedict XVI (yes, I know that's cheating, but only slightly!)

I can't think of anything else that I consider "new" that I'm likely to complete in the next four years. Life is pretty good: if it changes, then I'll accept that as God's will for me.

I haven't got the heart to inflict this on anyone. If it grabs you, consider yourself tagged, and leave a message in the combox so I can link to you...