Christmas came and went without much incident this year. in fact, now that every day's a holiday for me, it was practically just another day. did get my christmas cards sent out in time, though i didn't send out as many as previous years. still, the tradition continues! ok, in an effort to get an early start one of my new year resolutions, i'll admit something. the reason not as many people received christmas cards from me this year is because (1) i started writing them late this year, and (2) i didn't send a card to those people whom i didn't have contact with for the year, and/or to those who do not acknowledge receipt of the card from previous years. as much as i hate to admit it (and as much as it makes me sound like a horrible friend), it's true. so oh well.

it's pretty difficult to believe that 2008's almost over. all that's left of it is another 3+ days. still have to head down to east coast to take my annual walk (which i have put off for a LONG time), and draft my year-end post. should be pretty easy to handle, provided nothing goes wrong.

paused and continued on Monday, 29 December 2008, 11:20pm

now that i'm at my cousin's place, achieving the above 2 goals should be much easier. i plan to make my east coast trip tomorrow, and use the time there to get inspiration for my writing.

i suppose one added benefit from staying here is that i'm a bit further away from home. weird as it sounds, i suppose my 2 years of only being home on weekends (and the occasional weekday) has perhaps driven some distance between me and the rest of the family. and that whole reorganization saga didn't really help much, either (i'm still rather annoyed, by the way). so, it's probably for the best that i get out of the house for a while. only immediate disadvantages i see now are that i forgot to bring my phone charger, and i can't use my nice new (well, not so new by now) computer. nothing i can't work around.

well, it's getting late, and i should go to sleep soon. don't want to waste a nice, relaxing shower, right?

-random thought of the day: I have to return my library books!-