Christmas IS here!

For the last month shops like Tesco and M&S have been trying to make us do our Christmas shopping early. They put their own Christmas decorations up before Halloween, and started selling Christmas cards and all the trimmings by early November. Obviously all the shops doing that is just a marketing campaign, an attempt to increase their sales in times of economic depression…  nothing to do with the “Christmas feeling”.

“October is bit too early for Christmas, isn’t it?” I thought. But then I would go to work and Harry would play Christmas Carols all day (but, well, Harry counts the days to Christmas since May or June anyway, so what can you expect), so the “Christmas feeling” wouldn’t escape me wherever I went.

It is not yet December and I must admit that, yes, I have:

- Started buying Christmas presents
- Put the Christmas tree up
- Written most of the Christmas Cards

I think it’s because it suddenly feels colder, and yes, why not, because it seems like people can’t stop talking about the forthcoming festive season (can’t blame them, honestly, the holidays are always welcome!)

I must admit that I really like Christmas. It’s not just only the presents and amounts of food (which always help) but the “feeling” that I have been talking about. The fact that most people just feel merrier by default, the glitter, the colours, the lights…. everything is so pretty!

This year, like every year, will be going back to Spain to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with my family. It’s a tradition (maybe the only family tradition) that I like to follow. Christmas in Spain is always good fun. For starters, the weather is so much milder, and then we have the friendly and open attitude of Spaniards that are even louder and funnier during Christmas. And I won’t mention the food… there’s enough to say about food to fill another whole blog

Yes, I can’t wait.

It’s been a while

Yes, it’s been a while since the last time I wrote. I won’t try to justify myself or make up any excuses like “I’ve been busy” and all that shit, just because it’s not true! I haven’t been busy at all. Actually, I’ve never had more spare time in my hands.

For the last couple of months Jon has been working in The Point in Dublin. Oops, sorry, I shouldn’t call it “The Point” anymore. It looks like the new owners don’t give a shit about the years and years of history of the place, and have decided to call it “The O2″ (because there aren’t enough “O2s” in the world already)

So yeah, Jon has been going to Dublin for 3-4 days a week (sometimes even more) and I’ve been finding myself on my own quite often. Now, in this situation other people may have taken the opportunity to do stuff, dunno, go to the gym, go shopping, visit friends, tidy up.. so many things! But no, not me. I have just been sitting around, playing Age of Empires (again!), watching telly, surfing the net, eating pipas and doing nothing. Shame on me.

The problem is that I really DO want to be more active and do things, but I lack encouragement or people to do those things with.

I found this Social Club thing in the local paper the other day. They are called “WSIVC”, which is something like “West Surrey inter-varsity club”. I had a look on their website and they look like the kind of thing that Jon and I need. They are a social club for young professionals in our area (quite a big area, but what can you do) and they organise all kinds of events, like cinema outings, pub dinners, dancing, playing sports, and many many more things..

Joining is not expensive at all if you take into account all the things you get for your money, and I am very seriously considering giving them a go. There are already a couple of events that I want to attend, although the most interesting ones are always on the weekends, and what I am looking for is something to do during the weekdays. But I won’t complain. I will definetely try it out and see what happens.

If we find people that we connect with, then much much better. If we don’t, at least we can say we tried.

And life goes on like this.

Things I am looking forward to in the next few months:
- Russell Howard’s gig in London
- Christmas bonus
- Christmas in Spain
- Visiting family in UK after Xmas
- Jon’s birthday in January

Things I am not looking forward:
- Jon being away for work often
- Cold cold weather
- Running out of pipas before Christmas
- My own birthday in February

Now let’s see if I am in the mood to write more often…