Everything Changes

New Year and all that, but for the most part life remains as it was before, in all the ways that matter, which in my case is a good thing. Not much travel for me this holiday season, and what there was of it was domestic. A quick rundown.

Cities - 5 (Bath, Bristol, London, Aylesbury, Norwich-ish)

Spas - 3 (Thermae Bath Spa, Utopia Rowhill Grange, and the Randolph)

Games of Arkaham Horror - (Only!) 2

Comments on yuletide stories: 13 and 8, which I thought extremely good. I even got some additional comments on my two New Years Resolution stories of 2007. Now, I must go and read more stories, comment on more stories and respond to my comments, which I've failed thus far to do.

In between there were also many fine friends, fine meals, new acquaintances, old favourites, journeys by rail, coach, bus, and automobile, some official meetings, and a reasonable amount of time spent relaxing and reading the available translated works of Eileen Chang and also manga, a particular sub-genre of which (I'm sure you can guess) has become the latest of many addictions. And tomorrow, it's there's an Annual Dinner at the House of Commons, so the party isn't over yet.

Now, for the next few months, I have an paper to write, a panel to plan, a report on specific subsets of social networking sites to prepare, and some legal research to do. I'd also like to work on some New Years Resolution stories for 2008, maybe draft that Holmes Lovecraft paper I've been thinking about, do my leadership training for National Trust Working Holidays, take the JWAAD course in teaching bellydance, and learn to vid with proper software and tech, assuming I can afford it. And that's aside from work, of course.

But right now, what I really want to do is take more cold medication, read, and sleep. Best to all and sundry.