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Everyone seems to be depressed lately... I guess I'm not completely immune, I haven't been feeling my best for the past week or so. I'm happy about the extended Christmas period that we're currently in, but I'm still feeling kinda sad about the upcoming core period. I mean, it's not that I won't enjoy being in Scotland -I'm sure it will be fine- but I would also ideally like a decent amount of time to enjoy the period at home (home being here, not my parents' or anything). I love this little flat, and I'll be sad to leave it behind come December 21st; and I'll be regretful that I couldn't spend more time here come New Year's Eve (not that I even want to think about New Year's Eve). There are at least a few things I would like to do in this period -go to Cadbury World, go home to see my parents, actually spend some relaxing time at home playing Donkey Konga or something, enjoy wandering around the city centre one last time before the post-NY depressingness begins, etc- but I'll have literally two days to do it all before NYE. Obviously this would either be an extreme rush, trying to fit as much as possible in (not exactly ideal), or just plain impossible. It'll make going to my parents' house feel more like a chore than anything (especially since it'll be, like, 5 days after Christmas or something anyway). It's all so frustrating... there just isn't enough time after we get back. :/ It's not even like we can do most of that stuff before the 21st, what with Jane only breaking up from college the day before that.
I think I'll just try to enjoy the next two weeks or so as much as possible and forget about the other stuff... I like early December a lot. Everywhere is Christmassy, but it still feels like there's such a long way left to go (kind of like how the first half of the Summer school holidays are much better than the second half), and practicalities really aren't much of an issue. :)
I'll probably enjoy most of the main period fine too, I just think I'll feel somewhat regretful and unsatisfied afterwards because there were so many things I didn't get chance to do... I think perhaps the best thing to do, since the problem is seemingly impossible to solve, is to just forget about it and cross that bridge when I come to it. There's no point in worrying about it through the whole period, is there?
Still, whatever the case, the next couple of weeks should still be fine and relatively relaxing. Our Christmas tree is up now - it's crazy, but highly cool. :P I think Jane's going to take photos, then she'll probably post about it in more detail. We'll have to put the rest of the decorations up soon too. :) Then next Sunday, the 11th, it's the Bullring Christmas Reindeer and Lantern Parade... which I imagine is something like the Xmas parade Jane and I stumbled on in Edinburgh in 2002, so it would be cool to go and take a look at. :) Other than that, I'll probably go and see Peter, since I haven't for quite a while (and we've run out of One Piece >_>) and will go and see my parents and grandparents and drop off their presents/pick up mine. I guess I'll go there on a Tuesday, since then I won't have to rush much to get back before Jane. One of the presents I ordered online for a certain someone has been shipped too, and that's the one I was most worried about, so that's cool. ^_^
So yeah. Mixed feelings here at the moment... the whole Christmas thing is making me both sad and happy. >_> But it should be positive for the most part, at least.
*resists temptation to ramble on and end up finishing on a depressing note or something* >_>
Hawaiian6 are a pretty good band. :)
I think I'll just try to enjoy the next two weeks or so as much as possible and forget about the other stuff... I like early December a lot. Everywhere is Christmassy, but it still feels like there's such a long way left to go (kind of like how the first half of the Summer school holidays are much better than the second half), and practicalities really aren't much of an issue. :)
I'll probably enjoy most of the main period fine too, I just think I'll feel somewhat regretful and unsatisfied afterwards because there were so many things I didn't get chance to do... I think perhaps the best thing to do, since the problem is seemingly impossible to solve, is to just forget about it and cross that bridge when I come to it. There's no point in worrying about it through the whole period, is there?
Still, whatever the case, the next couple of weeks should still be fine and relatively relaxing. Our Christmas tree is up now - it's crazy, but highly cool. :P I think Jane's going to take photos, then she'll probably post about it in more detail. We'll have to put the rest of the decorations up soon too. :) Then next Sunday, the 11th, it's the Bullring Christmas Reindeer and Lantern Parade... which I imagine is something like the Xmas parade Jane and I stumbled on in Edinburgh in 2002, so it would be cool to go and take a look at. :) Other than that, I'll probably go and see Peter, since I haven't for quite a while (and we've run out of One Piece >_>) and will go and see my parents and grandparents and drop off their presents/pick up mine. I guess I'll go there on a Tuesday, since then I won't have to rush much to get back before Jane. One of the presents I ordered online for a certain someone has been shipped too, and that's the one I was most worried about, so that's cool. ^_^
So yeah. Mixed feelings here at the moment... the whole Christmas thing is making me both sad and happy. >_> But it should be positive for the most part, at least.
*resists temptation to ramble on and end up finishing on a depressing note or something* >_>
Hawaiian6 are a pretty good band. :)