Day 61/62 – December 23rd/24th

It is fair to say that I am still flat out exhausted and as I write this it is Christmas Eve, and I am not sure if I should be happy or sad I am probably sitting somewhere in between.  On Sunday I did a light workout, watched a great movie about what would happen should the person you love pass away and then got home to watch the Patriots win another game to improve the record to 15-0.  I retired to bed pretty early and didn’t really want to go to work on the 24th but staggered in anyway.

It has been a strange day to say the least, firstly I heave received my new locker at the Toronto Athletic Club, however the combination does not appear to work and as yet have not been able to so much as open the door, I will go for a second attempt on Boxing Day.

Next up was lunchtime and it was a Christmas lunch with some colleagues, we go to 3 downtown bars and they all closed……..yes it is downtown Toronto on Christmas Eve and all the bars are closed, I can not believe it and to be honest it is somewhat of a disgrace given I am living in a “world class” city.  Things are very different to when I used to work in a bar (Maggies) on Christmas Eve back in the UK, their I would start serving at 11am and it would be pretty much non-stop until 2am Christmas morning.

I could probably describe them as the good days, but given the amount of temptation that was put in front of me back then I probably shouldn’t refer to them that way.  With the exception of the tiniest sip of champagne at weddings I have now gone for 17 years without drinking alcohol, I am quite impressed by this feat even if I do say so myself.

To cap off the evening Olivier comes round for the traditional Christmas gift exchange, he is always good value and provides some enlightening thoughts on my approach to dating and I will follow his advice………what was the advice that is for me to know and you to find out but given he has been in a rock solid marriage for the duration of time I have know him (7 years) he is well positioned to offer up advice.  I am now ready for the next stage of life to begin.

I will relax and shut down the engines for the next few days and will then approach the New Year with a fresh set of perspectives and goals, what are those goals and perspectives? Whilst I have the majority nailed down a few are still being formulated but I will post them in my January 1st blog.

Mood for the day 7 out of 10.