I've been knocked out by a nasty chesty cough and fever since last Thursday, which put pay to plans of xmas shopping on Friday afternoon with Georgie who had also taken a half-day off. We only ventured out for a couple of hours at the weekend but finished making my room feel nice and homely. Fortunately an hour's late-nite session at West Quay in Southampton last night sorted me out with everything I needed for Thursday, otherwise I may have had to reach for the panic button. I'd already run out of patience with Winchester's retail 'experience'.
After months of beating around the bush, I finally booked a flight to New York yesterday to see Steve, for a bargain £256 with Virgin Atlantic via Travelocity. There were better deals available a while ago, but the price is not bad considering the decent departure times. I'm flying out lunchtime on Weds 11th Feb and get back the following Weds morning, giving me a good 7 days to explore the city. Steve thinks that Feb 16th is a public holiday (President's Day) so he might have the luxury of a three day weekend, but the rest of it he's gotta work so I need to plan out my days! So I'll be having a good read of my folks' New York guides over the Christmas break.
Tomorrow is my last day in the office until Jan 5th and I'll be off to Bournemouth for the festive season. Georgie and Meg are coming to stay with us until Boxing Day which I'm really looking forward to, and the rest of the holiday is pretty much unplanned, including of course New Year's Eve. Hopefully we'll get the chance to go and visit Katie & Special in their recently purchased house in Godalming at some point. :)
Merry Christmas everybody!
Posted by jonah at December 23, 2003 12:14 PM | TrackBack