h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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happy new years Mrs Z

thank you (and Z) for all your work in the last year

Happy whatever

(a handy seasonal greeting for an atheist christened as an Anglican, often mistaken for Jewish and occasionally for a Muslim)

I used to have a tradition for this time of year.

As a child, I went to England. And then when everyone else stopped, I kept it up. But these past two years I haven't. I'd like to get back to it.

TRiG.

Tom and I had started a tradition for the last week of the year--Amy's Birthday Trip. Didn't go anywhere this year, though. I did buy myself a new hat with the money in my card, and played around with a Kindle Fire at the store.

I like the idea of having a general vaugue idea of what the next year should be like, or that one shoud try to attain. I do it at this time of year and at the beginning of spring (which always seems to me to be a much better time to do stuff relating to change and growth)

Snowballs! we used to have those at cousins' weddings (i come from a massive family and my dad is the youngest so all my cousins were at the age to get married when I was a young teenager)

God I hate year ends, there so bloody final




RJR likes these spiky planets

beginning of spring (which always seems to me to be a much better time to do stuff relating to change and growth)

Yeah, completely, Sho. I'm convinced that part of the reason so many "resolutions" crash and burn is that they are made at the worst possible time of the year.

The funny thing about Turkey Days is that I've had hardly any turkey lately. The big family gathering at Christmas time was beef-oriented. I didn't actually get to bring leftovers (nor even rightunders ) home from that gathering. Since then, I've cooked steak, chicken, and tuna dishes, but none with turkey in them.

Yes, Lanzababy, "Turkey Daze" is an appropriate way to sum it all up. A few days before Christmas, I went to a hematologist, who sent me to the lab to have 13 vials of blood drawn, and also scheduled other types of tests, some of which were tricky to schedule. I've about had it with that stuff !I'm in a turkeyless daze.

(hug) for Ben, those vampire nurses are quite good at getting blood samples, but that sounds a lot of tests?

I hope whatever it is is sorted out soon.

It is rather a special week But not one for making resolutions or tackling problems, more for recharging

"those vampire nurses are quite good at getting blood samples, but that sounds a lot of tests?" [Lanzababy]

That's exactly right, but it was the , not the that was responsible for taking so much blood. He just ordered an enormous number of tests, and you need certain amounts of blood for each one.

He's been kind of slow in getting back to me to discuss what it all means. I'd kinda like to know if my blood clot has a genetic basis, or whether the tests detected any cancer.

Happy New Year, Ben,

"I want to get the house tidier and more functional (and with less cat's pee in it);"

This strikes a resounding note over here in Mayenne!

All the best for 2012
Spiff