{"id":1390,"date":"2019-01-01T00:32:57","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T00:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2024-02-08T07:27:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T07:27:43","slug":"xmas-new-year-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=1390","title":{"rendered":"DAYS iN: Xmas & New Year, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Xmas
Xmas tree, Xmas day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Xmas
Xmas roast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Xmas
Teresa tucks in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Stayed up to see the New Year in. Not entirely sure why? The whole NYE thing is, I often find, anything from vaguely disappointing to full-on depressing. Perhaps I’m overstating? In many ways it’s all a bit… bleeaargh, if you know what I mean?<\/p>\n

What I find most oppressive about the ‘festive season’, I guess, is the sense that we’re all seemingly supposed to partake of the same ‘automaton droid’ smiley good times vibe, regardless of how we might actually feel.<\/p>\n

I may actually feel fine, and perfectly happy. But that doesn’t mean I want to wear silly jumpers, eat too much, and pretend I get on with everybody like we’re all the best of friends. And yet that’s exactly what I do, more or less. And it isn’t exactly too onerous either, I guess.<\/p>\n

\"Sam
Sam & Abbie visit us.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sam
Sam, me, Teresa & Abbie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And so it is that having said all this, we did partake of Yuletide business in a fairly normal way: xmas tree, gifts, roast duck with all the trimmings, visiting with family and friends, etc. My younger brother and sister – Sam and Abbie – came over on their own, which was nice.<\/p>\n

As is usual these days, we’ve been watching a lot of TV, although actually it’s more DVDs than TV. Hannah got us The Good Life, Complete Series<\/i> box-set. That’s been fun to start working our way through.<\/p>\n

\"Good
The Good Life.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I find myself feeling a bit like a grizzly bear, wanting nowt more than to hibernate. And I find I’m not doing almost any of the things I thought I might do over the Yuletide break. Instead of catching up on whatever it might be, I simply want to rest and recharge the batteries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stayed up to see the New Year in. Not entirely sure why? The whole NYE thing is, I often find, anything from vaguely disappointing to full-on depressing. Perhaps I’m overstating? In many ways it’s all a bit… bleeaargh, if you know what I mean? What I find most oppressive about the ‘festive season’, I guess, … <\/p>\n

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