Colds, The Last Crown and Twelfth Night
Jan. 6th, 2013 05:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lathanyI probably don't want to say this too loudly, but I may be getting over the endless series of colds/coughs/etc that I've had since late November. It's been a very plaguey year - pretty much everyone has been commenting on this and I know a number of the Christmas/New Year parties were substantially down on numbers because of it. My recovery means I should be able to get back to the weekend cooking with the twins from next weekend (which has been on pause for about six weeks). Also, I may finally be able to light my scented candle again. I bought a Frankincense & Myrrh one from Casa Candles (via Amazon) which actually smells awesome and then promptly lost my sense of smell.
I've been back at work for three days so far, for once going directly back after the New Year bank holiday. This turned out to be a good decision - I've got through the work I had lined up while also being able to take shortish days (I work "flexible hours" which means that I'm up on hours having worked long days before Xmas). Also I finished the Sabriel trilogy (which I started re-reading before Xmas) so will now be able to make a start on the books I got for Xmas. Given that I have a trip to Belfast next week, I expect to make a good start on my "new books" for 2013 (I try to get through a certain number of new books (ie. new to me) each year and last year failed miserably and went back to re-reading things mostly for comfort reading).
I often start a new year looking forward to a book, film or TV series that's due out. Back in 2010 this was Heroes (season four), go back further and it was sequels to The Matrix (which turned out to be disappointing, but never mind) and Harry Potter. This year I'm eagerly awaiting the release of The Last Crown (the second in the trilogy which started with The Lost Crown). The creator (Jonathan Boakes) has even hinted that the third one might make it out later this year (The First Crown - yes, really). However, I am also aware that The Last Crown was promised for release in 2012 and 2011, so I'll just keep my fingers crossed (however, screen shots and updates on the official website suggest that this year it really will happen).
I took down the Xmas decorations yesterday (it's only in recent years that I realised Twelfth Night is 5th January and not the 6th). It was something of a sad occasion - I like Christmas and I like the tree and all the other decorations and taking them down has a definite "end of a holiday" feel to it. Ah well, at least the days are getting longer - even if it is dark out there right now.
I've been back at work for three days so far, for once going directly back after the New Year bank holiday. This turned out to be a good decision - I've got through the work I had lined up while also being able to take shortish days (I work "flexible hours" which means that I'm up on hours having worked long days before Xmas). Also I finished the Sabriel trilogy (which I started re-reading before Xmas) so will now be able to make a start on the books I got for Xmas. Given that I have a trip to Belfast next week, I expect to make a good start on my "new books" for 2013 (I try to get through a certain number of new books (ie. new to me) each year and last year failed miserably and went back to re-reading things mostly for comfort reading).
I often start a new year looking forward to a book, film or TV series that's due out. Back in 2010 this was Heroes (season four), go back further and it was sequels to The Matrix (which turned out to be disappointing, but never mind) and Harry Potter. This year I'm eagerly awaiting the release of The Last Crown (the second in the trilogy which started with The Lost Crown). The creator (Jonathan Boakes) has even hinted that the third one might make it out later this year (The First Crown - yes, really). However, I am also aware that The Last Crown was promised for release in 2012 and 2011, so I'll just keep my fingers crossed (however, screen shots and updates on the official website suggest that this year it really will happen).
I took down the Xmas decorations yesterday (it's only in recent years that I realised Twelfth Night is 5th January and not the 6th). It was something of a sad occasion - I like Christmas and I like the tree and all the other decorations and taking them down has a definite "end of a holiday" feel to it. Ah well, at least the days are getting longer - even if it is dark out there right now.
