Happy 2007!
I am so jet-lagged it's giving me a headache. I made no plans for yesterday because I was expecting this. I was asleep at midnight, but was woken up by friends in Leamington phoning to wish me a happy new year and passing the phone around in a noisy pub. I then returned to bed and watched the shadows of fireworks on the wall in front of me that must been been going off in the car park of the estate behind our house. There's something very strange about watching firework shadows.
I then woke up at 4am and felt pretty awake. I couldn't decide if I was just up really late (and therefore should break open my Duty Free bottle of Macallan) or was up really early (and therefore should make myself some coffee.) I vacillated for a while, which is kind of disturbing if you think about it, and then went back to bed with some water and wrote the following:
Top Ten Highlights of 2006:
10. Went flat-hunting in Paris with Sarah
9. Saw more good films than any other single year
8. Returned to Scotland...twice!
7. Organised a successful academic conference
6. Made a great new friend, and subsequently appear to have lost her
5. Started teaching at Warwick Uni
4. First publication by adding Aletheia to the DNB
3. Secured full-funding (plus a healthy living stipend) for my PhD
2. Moved to London...and (back) in with Chad
1. Visited Dad's hometown, Castel San Vincenzo, in Abruzzo (Italy)...and everything magical that went with that trip.
So, overall, not the most remarkable of years (as previous years found me doing fancy things like moving abroad or obtaining degrees), but a comfortable one. So far, 2007 has seen me sitting with Jay on my lap as I complete the first thousand words of my thesis. Only 79,000 words to go... *groan*
Happy New Year, everyone!!!
I then woke up at 4am and felt pretty awake. I couldn't decide if I was just up really late (and therefore should break open my Duty Free bottle of Macallan) or was up really early (and therefore should make myself some coffee.) I vacillated for a while, which is kind of disturbing if you think about it, and then went back to bed with some water and wrote the following:
Top Ten Highlights of 2006:
10. Went flat-hunting in Paris with Sarah
9. Saw more good films than any other single year
8. Returned to Scotland...twice!
7. Organised a successful academic conference
6. Made a great new friend, and subsequently appear to have lost her
5. Started teaching at Warwick Uni
4. First publication by adding Aletheia to the DNB
3. Secured full-funding (plus a healthy living stipend) for my PhD
2. Moved to London...and (back) in with Chad
1. Visited Dad's hometown, Castel San Vincenzo, in Abruzzo (Italy)...and everything magical that went with that trip.
So, overall, not the most remarkable of years (as previous years found me doing fancy things like moving abroad or obtaining degrees), but a comfortable one. So far, 2007 has seen me sitting with Jay on my lap as I complete the first thousand words of my thesis. Only 79,000 words to go... *groan*
Happy New Year, everyone!!!