Christmas and later
I applied for the job and you were all, of course, quite right. So now I wait.
Christmas was lovely. Kate didn't end up having to work and we mish-mashed our traditions together. That meant making chocolate-chip American-style pancakes for breakfast (which we added pecans to). Actually Kate made the pancakes because I'm terrible at making them, but my dad always did for Christmas morning. We celebrated Kate's tradition by making a roast for dinner (chicken, yorkshire pudding, veg, and stuffing). We also opened presents from my parents and each other. My parents were terribly generous and Kate made me an absolutely beautiful pop-up travel book as well as giving me a copy of "Nurk" by Ursula Vernon. I gave Kate a Kate Monster I crocheted because I knew she wanted a Kate Monster, but that no one sold them. I also gave her a "biography" of the Morris Minor, her favourite car and the kind she owns. We spent the day cuddling, talking, watching Christmas film and TV fare (Dr Who and White Christmas), and generally burrowing into our own little world. If I had to spend Christmas away from the rest of my family, then that was the perfect way to do it. ( :
We went to Kate's mum's on Saturday and had a very pleasant family Christmas with Kate's mum, her husband, Kate's sister, her husband and their children. Again, presents, food and film all featured. We also tried out the game my dad sent me and found it to be a lot of fun even though Michelle beat the pants off Kate and I.
Now Kate is on nights and I'm feeling the usual lonliness and restlessness that comes on at that time. I've been extrordinarily lazy today and feel faintly guilty about that. Tomorrow I'm debating going into London for the New Year's fireworks over the Thames. Can't decide if it's worth it by myself. Aren't you supposed to enjoy that sort of thing with friends or family?
I feel really, incredibly lucky in so many ways, especially when I see all the horrible things going on in the world. However, I also feel lonely. I'm just very bad at reaching out and making the effort needed to find friends. Slough doesn't make it easier, but I know that in the end it's up to me to figure out how to connect with a network of people.
Anyway, I just felt like I ought to write something up as I haven't in a while. I also thought I'd better write about Christmas before I forgot to.
Christmas was lovely. Kate didn't end up having to work and we mish-mashed our traditions together. That meant making chocolate-chip American-style pancakes for breakfast (which we added pecans to). Actually Kate made the pancakes because I'm terrible at making them, but my dad always did for Christmas morning. We celebrated Kate's tradition by making a roast for dinner (chicken, yorkshire pudding, veg, and stuffing). We also opened presents from my parents and each other. My parents were terribly generous and Kate made me an absolutely beautiful pop-up travel book as well as giving me a copy of "Nurk" by Ursula Vernon. I gave Kate a Kate Monster I crocheted because I knew she wanted a Kate Monster, but that no one sold them. I also gave her a "biography" of the Morris Minor, her favourite car and the kind she owns. We spent the day cuddling, talking, watching Christmas film and TV fare (Dr Who and White Christmas), and generally burrowing into our own little world. If I had to spend Christmas away from the rest of my family, then that was the perfect way to do it. ( :
We went to Kate's mum's on Saturday and had a very pleasant family Christmas with Kate's mum, her husband, Kate's sister, her husband and their children. Again, presents, food and film all featured. We also tried out the game my dad sent me and found it to be a lot of fun even though Michelle beat the pants off Kate and I.
Now Kate is on nights and I'm feeling the usual lonliness and restlessness that comes on at that time. I've been extrordinarily lazy today and feel faintly guilty about that. Tomorrow I'm debating going into London for the New Year's fireworks over the Thames. Can't decide if it's worth it by myself. Aren't you supposed to enjoy that sort of thing with friends or family?
I feel really, incredibly lucky in so many ways, especially when I see all the horrible things going on in the world. However, I also feel lonely. I'm just very bad at reaching out and making the effort needed to find friends. Slough doesn't make it easier, but I know that in the end it's up to me to figure out how to connect with a network of people.
Anyway, I just felt like I ought to write something up as I haven't in a while. I also thought I'd better write about Christmas before I forgot to.