To Eat or Not to Eat

I've been up since 6.30 - out damn jet lag. I have a proposal to work on today and will not be on the client's site but sitting in my hotel room cogitating. It is a big proposal and needs a deft light touch.

Sadly I am a trained mechanical engineer and my idea of a deft light touch is a 4lb lump hammer. Still, I will see what I can do.

I am thinking about Breakfast - there isn't a lot around the hotel and I'm not sure I'm hungry... hmmm... what I'd really like is a bowl of cereal, but that's not really an option. I may go for a bagel instead...

Christmas Meme

Well, no actually - can't be arsed. Sorry.

I am feeling a little more Christmasy. I've got presents for M now, a range of things, including a little thing sitting on the desk next to me which followed me home from FAO Schwartz last night and is designed for those long nights when I'm stuck abroad.

All I need now is a Hebbie Jebbie - does anybody know what that is, because I don't know if I've missed something serious or am being seriously wound up...

Anyway, the other presents are all rather fun and hopefully arriving as we speak through the power of the net.

The house is Chritmas-fied - I went out last Friday and found us a nice little tree which has twinkling lights, and all sorts of things on it.

We're alone for Christmas Day - which will be nice. I've ordered a Turkey from the local farmers market and I'll be picking it up on Tuesday next. On Christmas Day evening, the family arrive and will be staying a couple of days. They have promised to bring lots of drink, which is a big factor in the average O'Neill family Chrimbo. I still need to do the obligatory "BIG SHOP" which will mean braving ASDA sometime over the weekend, plus I think we'll pop into somewhere to get some more wine and fizzy stuff from.