Xmas break

Been on holiday for two weeks now. I really needed some time at home lazing around over Christmas just to do nothing.

Hopefully, this will keep me going through the long hours I face as I plunge into The Busy Season upon my return to work. I've heard many a story about late nights, long hours and basically absence of any life during January-March every year.

Well, Christmas as went mostly as planned. Went to a party on Christmas Eve which went quite well, met some new people and had a good game of poker to end the evening.

Christmas day itself involved eating a large meal for lunch, me handing out surprise presents to my family (we haven't really done the present-giving thing for a few years now since went aren't Christian. But this year I saw the tree we had up looking pretty empty and it was the first year that I actually had a job so I thought I should treat everyone to a little something). Oh and in the evening we had to drive to the airport to drop off my Grandma who was traveling to India to escape the British weather for a few months.

Boxing Day was celebrated in typical fashin - going to the sales. We actually manged to find a few items in the crowded shops. However, our main focus was on getting a new wardrobe for my Dad in a last ditch attempt to make him appear trendy. I must say, we've done a pretty good job. More shopping followed on Wednesday also.

Thursday through to Sunday was spent visiting family in various parts of London. Cue more huge meals, lots of board games, laughs and, what seems to have become a compulsory for all family gatherings, a friendly game of poker (no money mind you!).

All in all, a great week.

This week on the other hand has been pretty uneventful and I've been feeling very bored. On New Year's Day, I killed some time by rambling around IKEA (just found out I was spotted there by an old acquaintance - it always feels strange to me when I meet/see people I know from somewhere in places I wouldn't expect ...anyway i'm going off-topic...) and since then I've been reduced to watching telly most of the day and playing xbx360 with my brother. A shame that I didn't manage to arrange a meet up with my Uni friends and now most of then are back at work. At some points I was even considering going back to work this week myself, and saving some of these holidays for later.

Oh well, I did manage to catch up on Lost, Prison Break and The OC this week so it hasn't been that pointless!