Beaucoup de nos Excusés

Due to a black-out in which lasted 3 days and a stubborn wireless router, I have been offline for almost 2 weeks! I can tell you, having to clean up after flood damage and fallen trees was not what we were expecting AT all. Though, I really quite enjoyed being offline. Doing things, creative things... that I wouldn't normally do if I had power AND I finished a book in a day, I have not read a book in a day in a very long time. It felt so good, I had accomplished something minor :) Iain and I played board games and cards, cooked on a camping gas stove - it was much like camping except in the shelter of our own home. We got really close and seemed to communicate a lot easier without distractions, we've been together a long time and had recently been so busy with work and everything else going on so it was great to reconnect again.

My beautiful friend bought me tickets to a band that's playing tomorrow night - 'Something with Numbers' as a small and rather early Christmas present. I only know 3 of their songs, but it's the thought that counts and oh boy do I LOVE live bands! It's not just the music, it's the way the bands interact with the crowd - the way the fans intereact with each other, the atmosphere is awesome! I feel so alive when I am there, being part of the bands amazing journey. Of course it is more meaningful when it's a band you absolutely heart. I'll let you know how it was (no doubt brilliant - but you never know).

I decided last week that I would make and send my own Christmas cards to relatives and friends. I didn't get the chance too last year with us being in USA, it's also a great chance to let them all know I am thinking of them and write them to let them know how life has this year of 2008. Isn't that amazing though - in just over a month it will be 2009! Hasn't the year gone so quickly. I remember when I was younger the year seemed so long, yet time seems to lapse so quickly when you're an adult... sometimes I miss my childhood days - it's strange though, when I was a child I was always my mothers mother, I was so mature (mum says fromt he ages of 3) all I ever wanted was to grow up, to be an adult... now that I'm here it's not all fun and games - you have so many responsibilities. I would not ever change what I have for anything in the world.

Millie <3