I had a wonderful Christmas this year 🙂
On the 24th, my girlfriend Kirsteen flew in from Vienna, where she lives, and she stayed until the 27th. We did the whole exchange of gifts on Christmas-eve, a first for me – it’s more a British tradition I think, and since she’s Scottish … I think I’m converted 🙂 She liked what I got her, and I loved what she got me.
Otherwise, we did nothing exceptional for x-mas, the usual: stuff yourself with food and watch a ton of movies (I has Blu-Ray). She brought the latest Star Trek movie on DVD (great!), which she got from her friend Amber for x-mas.
Unfortunately, my daughter could not join the party, but that’s life for you. I still have some gifts for her, so she’ll get them later.
New years will involve working for me, one of the tragedies of life as a computer geek. But in January I will see both my girls again, and I ‘m looking forward to that a lot. A trip to Kirsteen in Vienna (and a trip to Bratislava together from there) is in the works. And I’m sure we’ll enjoy that little break very much.
January will also (hopefully) finally bring the delivery of my new bike (picture on the right). I’ve been biking to work since I started my new job at Mirabeau Hoorn in November, it’s a mere 15 minute trip and the first time I’ve worked so close to home that I can bike there. I love it every day (and hey, it’s healthy too!).