Happy 2003! I'm back at work, though today is very quiet. It's been a lovely break, but all good things must end.

After a day of recovery, Anne and I went to her parents' place in Georgetown on Sunday for two nights. We had a really nice time, slightly marred by me coming down with a mild version of the 24-hour flu that's been going around. Since I was feeling a bit under the weather we stayed in for the most part, except for a trip out to the Solid Wood Bed and Table Company store to look at possible dining room tables for Anne. They had some really beautiful stuff at quite reasonable prices.

On Tuesday we returned to the city and to our homes. I spent the afternoon watching the first few episodes of the first season of 24 from DVD. It's an excellent show, very tense, and I'm really enjoying it.

New Year's Eve was at Bruce and Steph's, and featured Ager's arrangement of Auld Lang Syne and a flaming haggis. Paul and Kelly showed up just before midnight with wee Jamie, who's starting to fill in but is still really really small.

Yesterday started really late and we took full opportunity of a final chance to be lazy. I started a campaign game of Europa Universalis as England, and was developing peacefully when the dastardly Scots and French decided to pick a fight. I held my border and grabbed Glasgow and Edinburgh, forcing a peace with Scotland, though it's still pretty tense as to whether I can keep Calais from French hands despite a couple of significant naval victories in the Channel. Meanwhile Jean Cabot founded a trading post in Chicoutimi, but died at the outset of his second voyage, intended to explore Hudson's Bay, so I've had to put my New World ambitions on hold for a while. Great fun.
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