The Christmas draw can sometimes throw up some real duds but I hit the jackpot this year with Lily buying for me. I got a VW Kombi wind-chime! The Kombi is annoying enough for Julia already but now it makes beautiful music when I drive it. I absolutely love the present, Lily, and I know you chased it up yourself on the Interweb so that makes it extra-special.
In other post-Christmas news, I finally finished the Dylan biography Daniel lent me - all four million pages of it. The author forgot why he was writing it about half way through and it turned into extended liner-notes for all Dylan's albums. I bet Bob hasn't read it. That's four months of my life I'll never get back. Thanks for nothing, Daniel!
Julia and I are off to see Annika in early March which will be very interesting. Nick has finished working and will start his Arts degree shortly. He and Dom have just been home for a swim (40 degrees here at the moment) and their share house seems to be working out well. We camped on the river up at Amanda's place last weekend (again, two 40 degree days) and she's in good shape as well, beavering away on her PhD and chasing snakes. A new CD from her band, Harmony, has just been released and is getting rave reviews.
Work is keeping me busy - two magazines now: Motorcycle Trader and its NZ equivalent. A couple more years perhaps and then off to the bush, although we might go earlier depending on the housing market.
Sorry we missed your birthday, Cal, but hope it was a good one. A big happy birthday to Uncle Ash as well for tomorrow.
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