I’ve had quite a bit of time off for the winter break and have been very unproductive. I had vague plans of doing work around the house and some somewhat concrete plans to work on my website. I did a little on the site – mostly learning some new code – but even that didn’t really take off.
Spent some time on the road visiting my family for Christmas. It was good to see everyone – and my nieces are growing like crazy. I got some cool gifts and – more importantly – gave some pretty cool gifts too. This year, I made ornaments, wreaths, and earrings. Lots of work, but I think everyone enjoyed them. I also made some Buddhist prayer beads – 108 of them – out of wood beads covered in polymer clay. Huge project, but I think it turned out well.
I spent new year’s with friends, but had to cut thing short. The cold that has been hanging on for basically forever really got me down last night. Haven’t really done much this break except play video games and drink tea – which is not a terrible way to spend time off.
It hasn’t been all fun, though. I’ve been keeping up with the email sent into the general webmaster account for UA. Even though the campus is closed, it’s still important to make some kind of contact with people – though I usually can’t do much other than route the message.
Finally, I’m starting off 2014 by getting a tooth pulled. A recent trip to the dentist shows that one of my wisdom teeth has a cavity and needs to be removed. So, that’s happening this Saturday morning. I was told to eat beforehand since I won’t be able to eat for a while after that. They were a little… brusque about it – kind of a big deal for me since it’s the first tooth I’ve had pulled. No real idea what to expect.
So, one more day of relaxing and then it’s back to work tomorrow.
Happy New Year