A week off.
Since I have been so utterly terrible at updating this year, I could very well have not bothered and you would nary have noticed a thing, but I just wanted to say that I am not going to be around at all next week. Instead, I shall be celebrating my birthday (31! How the bloody hell did that happen?) in Amsterdam with my lovely Ellen. And I cannot wait.
Amsterdam is one place that I have always wanted to visit, for reasons that will be spectacularly obvious to anyone who knows me well. A city full of art, culture, canals (hey, I’m a sucker for canals) and liberalism that wears itself pretty proudly on its sleeve, and in its cafes. I have always hugely admired the Dutch, largely because their liberalism has never really been questioned or attacked, and as a result they have blossomed into a cultural heaven. So a huge amount of thanks go to Ellen for the idea, the tickets and the hotel.
I have to say though, there are two things about the trip that give me pause. Firstly (and by far the most importantly) this will be the longest we’ve spent away from Rosie, and while I have total confidence that she will be absolutely fine with her Auntie Ruth for the week, I fear that we will fare less well. We shall just have to get through it by having a wonderful time.
Secondly, having gotten my lovely HTC Hero and remained obsessed with it ever since, I am going to have to leave it behind, along with all Internet, lest we become bankrupted by roaming charges. This will be the longest I have gone without the ‘net for years now, and I’m quite interested to see how I handle my withdrawal.
But of course nothing will compare to being on a glorious holiday with the woman I love, drinking, smoking and immersing ourselves in the mass of culture that is Amsterdam. In the meantime, if you could all continue to leave suggestions for charities in the comments, there have been some excellent ones already, but I want more before I make my decision.
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