" 'twas Christmas Eve, babe...."
I turn around for five minutes and all of a sudden it's been a week since I updated. Oops.
So OK, last week basically revolved around eating. Some drinking, but mainly eating. We had two busy days at work, with some last minute changes needing a lot of work before the year ended. That over, we had really nothing to do, and not much energy or motivation to start something new....so we ended up having either Christmas or farewell functions Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. On top of that I had lunch with Kaaryn at the Backbencher on Thursday, and drinks at Bodega that evening. That night marked the first time we'd caught up with Damian since he got back in the country. Good to see the boy, and interesting to see how dynamics have changed - or not. Not everyone was ecstatic with the presence of some others there, but I won't go into that.
It's just amazing how many people have come back to Wellington in the last few months. All of a sudden, life has changed.
Christmas Day was the usual trip to my aunt and uncle's place, though a lot more pleasant than usual. Even if the topic of conversation tended to veer a little close to politics, a few too many times.
And Boxing Day was pretty good. It was James's birthday, so we went round to his new flat for a barbecue. The weather nearly ruined it (it was blowing a gale all day and quite miserable) but we managed. And as the day wore on and the alcohol took hold it turned into a good day, with drunken communal singing of Pogues songs, James and his flatmate Irish dancing, and James singing us an Irish folk song (I never thought I'd see him either dance or sing....). But any evening that involves loud singing and taking the piss out of Damian has to be good as far as I'm concerned.
Today Damian and I strolled down to the Basin for the Wellington-Northern cricket match. Complete contrast to yesterday, it was hot and still, almost too hot to stay in the sun for long. So we lay around and watched Wellington
throw the game away, but it didn't matter too much.
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