We made it

I got through an impressively annoying day at work, filled fridges and freezers with groceries for Christmas week, and got in a car to be driven to D's sister's for Christmas with his family.

Radio 1 on in the car, as usual, so we heard most of the chart show which was delightfully Christmasy: from Andy Williams and the Ronettes to Laufey and the exciting news, just as we pulled up at D's sister's place, that "Last Christmas" is once again Christmas number one.

Even with his annoying sister, even with another email about drama from my mom's annoying sister that has managed to ensnare me from four thousand miles away it's lovely to here: to be handed a gin and tonic (I had the pink gin and it did indeed taste vaguely Pink), to read a book while the others played a card game my eyes weren't up to (of course I started re-reading Hogfather again) and to finally have metaphorically collapsed over the finish line in to a much-needed break for the next week.

I'm gonna miss it

This is my last day of being 42. So I expect that a lot of facets of Life, the Universe and Everything have to reveal themselves to me pretty quickly.