Happy New Year!
Another year has passed, and frankly, the end of it was a bit hectic! I didn’t manage to start any Christmas shopping until I was home as for some reason I didn’t seem to have any free time for the last few weeks of term. Thankfully, I managed to get all of the things I needed to buy, partly thanks to the free trial of Amazon Prime… Free next day delivery really is nice, even if Royal Mail made it take 2 days to arrive. I’m not sure it’s really worth paying for though, so I’ll probably end up cancelling my subscription.
The snow was a nice surprise for December, with it very nearly being a White Christmas for me! Unfortunately the snow had just about melted by Christmas Day. Luckily, the snow didn’t have any effect on my exams, despite it snowing the night before. It’s probably just as well that there wasn’t more snow in London that week, as the last time it snowed, TfL didn’t really seem to manage very well!
My exams for the term (because we’re not around to have them in the Summer) seemed to go quite well, although starting at 9am was a little bit tough. They were both over by lunchtime, leaving us time to have a nice lunch in Eastside before our trip around the not-so-Circle Line. We also did Secret Santa whilst we were there, and I got a giant Gummi Bear, which really is a great present!
Once again, I saw in the New Year at the Fireworks on Embankment, surrounded with food and drink down in Stockwell. The fireworks were great as normal, and just afterwards it started to snow, albeit only for a short time. It’s just a slight shame that the hot dog seller didn’t seem to have cooked the onions very well…
Have a very happy 2010!