Time then, to reflect on two wonderful weeks and gear myself up for the coming term.
I tend to make the same 'mistake' every holiday. I say 'mistake' because in fact, the result is good in many ways, but does not always make for a balanced me. In the weeks preceeding a school holiday, I tend to feel a mixture of excitement and agitation as I look at the free time. I make plans. Lots of them. Partly because of the fact I live a while away from my oldest and dearest friends, not to mention my siblings and parents, and partly because I want to make the very most of every spare moment that I have, I make plans to travel, to see, to do. I have a mental list that gets ever longer during the weeks I am at school, and I tend to treat the holidays as a way of Ticking Things Off. There is also, I am beginning to realise, a slight nervousness at the prospect of slowing and pausing, when I get so used to being frantically busy during school.
This holiday, therefore, has been a mixture of travelling, seeing, doing - not to mention celebrating, eating, drinking, dancing and generally making merry. The result? Fun...lovely really...just quite exhausting, too.
:: Decorations were hung
:: Feasts were prepared
:: Feasts were eaten
:: More than once...
:: Gifts were given
:: And the Southbank fireworks were watched from a distance at a very jolly party
So what now? I have a few (hundred) intentions for the new year; I tend to love this feeling of freshness, of renewal, of possibility, and get rather excited; but these intentions can be summarised in just one - or is this two?!
Take time, be patient.
Take time to sit, to be still, to practise yoga, to enjoy my home, my work, my family and friends; Be patient that it is all going in the right direction.
Happy New Year.
