thought i should have a quick posting session to commerate my full fledged diving into the realms of the month of december!! it is now the 8th of this joyeous month and i already have had the christmas story read to me, been to a couple of christmas occassions, experienced christmas lights, opened christmas presents and had enough religious encounters to last me until xmas eve!!!
im going to washington on sunday for four days...i can see it being a hectic time of year...hectic but worth every second!! talking of christmas im listening to christmas songs right now, definitely a way to get into the spirit of the season - despite it being the pogues - not so much of a joyous song.

unfortunatly the americans, regardless of their love of consumerism and capitalism and money making, they do not sell advent calanders....i know, it shocked me too!!

thankfully lynne was on standby to send me one in the post...so five days late, a little squashed and slightly melted a beautiful advent calander appears in my post box...it was a happy day!

well exactly 2 weeks right now, i will be precisely three hours away from landing in heathrow...abosolutely the best present i could ever ask for and a brilliant way to start my xmas holidays! :-)

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