That’ll be just A in Milan, now, I guess

V is playing Christmas music (to death) on the CD player. Just had Guadete which I like both as a song and as a Christmas song and then came someone’s rendition of In the Bleak Mid-Winter which reminded me:

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The festive season is upon us and I just wanted to say a very Happy Christmas to all our friends. I hope you have a fantastic time.

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It’s how it feels. The traffic is terrible; the urgency of everything is at its height (work, home, etc.); we are out every night this week as so many of our friends leave for extended breaks with their families; the shops are full to bursting (see below); people start to lose their ‘nice’ gene.

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It’s nearly midnight and I start the drive back to the Lakes. I had offered to go back just as we arrived in Milan and would have been back before 10, I reckoned, but was informed that although it would be difficult, it would be alright and that ‘one’ would manage.

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We have started to receive Christmas cards, which is really nice. First, as always, we had one from Rob who is now living in New Zealand. But also from Mabel & Bryan who are on their way to Vancouver for Christmas and New Year and also one from Bob and Lesley and about whom I feel very guilty since they don’t have computers and I should really write to them more often.

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It’s not often I name people in this blog. It’s not often that I have no other recourse but I should know better. I have a feeling that it’s a problem that will have serious repercussions in another 20 years or so. Of course it will happen gradually so that we shall hardly notice. Alternatively, it’s always been like this and, somehow, it has no effect. We shall see.

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