Happy Holidays and a social whirl

Categories: christmas

Date: 15 December 2008 09:14:30

This time of year is intended, I think, to develop ones time management skills. The undergrads and MA students seem to have a list of deadlines to contend with and even those of us without formal end of term deadlines are trying to get lots of work done in between socialising and preparing for Christmas.

Saturday was an enlightening experience for both Third Party and myself. Her social whirl included going to listen to a friends violin recital before heading off to do caroling in an old peeps home and then onto a Ceilidh. Nothing remarkable here, except one has to remember Third Party is not exactly "that" type of young person. It really illustrated to me the way her world has had to change with the move, and how out of her comfort zone she might be up here.

Meanwhile, I was working hard but then took a break to head downstairs to our buildings common room for the party down there. Food was v.g, although completely unseasonal. They had got in a caterer that did halal meat and so the menu for the buffet can best be described as ethnic. I did manage to find some rice which only had bits of spagetti in it and some unspiced meat and so managed sort of. This was mixed with Santa coming in to hand some ickle prezzies out to the kids who had an interesting assortment of names, reflecting the truly international nature of the building I live in.

Then yesterday evening it was off to the pub with Meth Soc for a much more traditional meal. Have to say was an excellent meal at a v.g. price and was a v. pleasant evening.