In the midst of unfulfillment spawned by going back to work without having spent a single day of proper "holiday" (going back to Bergamo didn't really count and new year's eve was a subdued affair), I nevertheless have managed to produce a small nugget of glittery material.
I finally updated my website. It doesn't sound much, but for me (last time I coded anything was LAST CENTURY!) it meant getting to grips with Dreamweaver, editing and selecting work from over a terabyte of assorted crap and more importantly, finishing it before other more important tasks got hold of me.