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[flemmings]

My parents always had a dozen or so old friends over on New Year's Eve and at midnight everyone held hands- crossed over- and sang Auld Lang Syne. Which now strikes me as weird. Ahh, the quaint customs of our Brits-in-exile forebears. How glad I am no longer to live in that sniffy Presbyterian grey city. To celebrate my current burg I went out for dinner to the Korean-Japanese restaurant that was open, whose webpage said they were closed, and not to the one next door which was closed though their webpage said they were open. Not sure if the waiter recognized me (the woman with the walker) or if he greets everyone like that. But still, nice.

New Year's resolutions are a crapshoot but am going to *try* to move more, starting with minimum three minutes a day of intensive exercise. Five minutes of marching in place and sidesteps gets my heart pounding so all to the good. And also getting up off the couch to actually do housework, which I'm always happy to postpone because sitting on the couch doesn't hurt and moving about does. Thus the kitchen floor is clean and the front vestibule is at least not as grimy as it was. And the downstairs smells of Swifter cleaner, a headachy perfume stink, so maybe I'll go over it with a mop and water.

Have finished nothing. Still beavering through Confounding Oaths which ought to be a romp but isn't quite. Just a bit slow.

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[smokingboot]

A Korean-Japanese restaurant for New Years sounds like a great idea. I'm glad you don't need to stay in the sniffy grey! Wishing you a healthy happy new year with exactly as much stimulation as works for you X

[flemmings]

Thank you. And yes, Korean-Japanese restaurants are a great incentive to staying in the great metropolis and not moving to a small town.