Thursday 2nd January 2025

2nd of January and back to work.

At least I was, management, however, thought better of it.

What can I say about the day?

Well, it was dark when we got up, and cold and dark when I was drinking my coffee.

I had slept poorly, the cold. If that's what it is, woke me up early and so laid awake until ten minutes before the alarm went off, I fell into a deep sleep.

Jools was slow too getting up and ready for work, then was off, as the overcast skies showed the faint outlines of morning's golden light.

After a shower, she was gone, and the cats asleep. I have a brew and turn the computer on and wait for the updates to come through needing to restart the laptop.

The day starts off cloudy, but brightens up, and I notice in the back garden a Hellebore in full flower, if quite small.

I go to take shots of that and the Penstemon that has been flowering since June of something, and is still going strong.

I catch up on my mails, reply to some, file the rest, and plan yet more meeting.

After today, I do have a maximum of only 92 working days left.

Which is nice.

Rune is in work. So we talk and swap news of what we did for Christmas. He has grown up kids, and apparently their kid's friends did not leave the house until four in the morning on the 1st.

Not like that here, of course.

Come three in the afternoon, there was football to watch: Rangers v Celtic. Celtic were on another level going into the game, just needed to win to clinch the title.

And yet, Rangers were a team reborn.1-0 up at half time, and knocking two more in during the 2nd half. Celtic had looked beaten since the first minute.

I cooked chicken, air fryer chips and a big bowl of sprouts, bacon, chestnuts and guanciale.

Another triumph if I'm honest, and ore Christmas food repurposed.