welllllll, I'm only a week late, aren't I? Strange to think that this time last week was New Year's Eve - seems like an eternity ago already. Had a reasonably quiet one by general standards, arriving in the pub at 9.30-ish and heading for home by half two. All flew past in a bit of a blur, but then I guess that's the sign of a pleasant evening. Unlike last year there was no drama, no friends falling out with each other, and everyone seemed to keep in reasonably good nick - at least to my rather less than sober eye.
We were down the Hootananny - Brixton's very own Scottish pub. Their marketing obviously went well - tickets were originally priced at £12, had reduced to £8 by the time we got ours a couple of days before the big night, and rumour had it that they were still being sold on the door for £4 each on New Year's Eve itself. Ah well, no matter - the band was good and we were there with a load of mates - isn't that all you need?
The new year that has dawned has opened up all manner of new possibilities and fresh starts, all of which work did its level best to dump all over within ten minutes of my arrival on the 2nd. Nothing in particular you understand - just the recognition that the life grinds on in its own unbearably dull and disorganised way within the hallowed halls...
Yes, I know it's up to me to change things, either by finding alternative employment or ensuring I do my current job better - but by god, they do their best to suck enough will to live out of you whilst there to make you just want to veg in front of the telly when you get home.
But I am determined to get things sorted this year (hmmm, sounds familiar). Not content with one momentous anniversary having passed me by in October, there is another on the horizon in April - five years in London. Quite how the bloody hell that has happened I do not know. Yes, I have been here almost as long as in Glasgow, after stepping off the tattie boat in 2003 ready to "give it six months and see how it goes...." Whereas Glasgow has so many memories, London seems to have passed by in a bit of a blur. Up to me to change it i suppose.
Starting tomorrow.
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