Only Happy When It Rains

I seem to have missed out on another bright sunshiny day. I'm feeling a little under the weather today, it seems to have something in common with warm weather really... My throat is feeling particularly constricted and parched and I can't seem to rid myself of the cotton wool in my brain.

New Year's Day at the beach was good if a little tense at points. Large groups of people can be hard to co-ordinate without anyone taking leadership. It wasn't the warmest of days to be at the beach which worked out well for us. I didn't end up getting into the water for once - namely my feet are still being difficult - but I spent the afternoon lazing in the semi-cloud-covered sun. I still haven't gotten all the sand off. The bbq was delicious with the steaks cooked to perfection. We ended up going to Dot's place to eat and there was quite a large number of us. Most of Gene's close family were there and it was great to see them all. Will probably be doing the same again soon for Chinese New Year depending on what happens with my family. It's hard to tell because they tend to do things at the last minute... I'm likely to get a call the Monday before stating that as I'm aware Chinese New Year is on the 9th Feb so I am coming to the dinner right? They wonder why I have trouble coming to dinners...

Well, I can't ignore the other things I need to do today, like cleaning... I'm missing our lovely two bedroom place at the moment... this four bedroom house thing is just a bit too big for me to cope with! Only 16 days to go...