It's Christmas again! Can you believe it? Why just days ago I was putting away my Talk Like a Pirate Day paraphernalia, and now the tree is up and glowing like the radioactive remains of Chernobyl (but with way less genetic damage caused to any passers by), I have more Lindt balls, Toblerone logs and Cadbury chocolate-covered sultanas than you could poke a glass and a half on non-fat milk at, in my cupboard, and the wondrous sounds of Sarah McLachlan's "Wintersong" is pouring forth from iTunes.... yes it's the most wonderful time of the year, and like all extroverts everywhere I have out-tinselled, out-carolled, and out-decorated like a frenzied Christmas version of "Survivor"..... I am also profoundly exhausted and extremely glad that I have made it to the end of the year, surrounded by brilliantly good friends, a loving family, a job I actually love, a great home and house mate, and a really severe case of Athlete's foot that frankly the medication won't budge and..... oops.... too much information right? :)
All that to say, that though I have yet to find Mr Right and live happily ever after - yep still a hopeless romantic despite all my dating tribulations - that my life is great, and I am one very happy man.... of course, I would be far more happier if I could eat all the Lindt balls etc in my cupboard and not put on a gram of weight but alas, scientists have yet to grant reality's touch to that particular shining fantasy....
While I wait for them to do their thing, I am jetting off to the bucolic idyll of the Ancestral Estate in Alstonville, where I will celebrate Christmas with my wonderful family and my cousin, Ngaire, who is joining us.... followed by swimming and lunches at Byron Bay....Bangalow Markets crawling... book reading.... and lots and lots of lazy days.... then it's back to the frenzied madness of Sydney and New Year celebrations at the home of my good friend Fahmi....
I hope you all have a fabulously Merry Christmas and the kind of Mind Blowing Stick Your Fingers In Electrical Sockets Range of Possibilities and Hoped-For Eventualities that only a new year can provide.
Andrew
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