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hathycolI am going to proceed in writing up a series of small posts about Christmas! The wedding! India in general! We can then discuss Exciting Medical Issues later on, i.e. when I'm better or at least have some test results back. PLAN.
So. Christmas!!
I finished work at about 12.30pm. Very few people were in due to storms and general Christmas Eve, and it was with horror that A, who I work closely with, realised she was the closest thing we had to senior management. She came over to me and said "Do you have anything to do?" and I cheerfully went "NOPE!" and danced out of the door. Bliss.
I came home and sorted out the last little bits that needed doing for Christmas, and settled in to wait for Tali and Anwar. They were running a little late, so we lit some candles and watched Carols at Kings before they arrived and we cracked into some fizzy wine, party food and lots of laughter and talking. What more can you want?
We got up late the next day - well, ish! As Anwar doesn't really like vegetables, and I was absolutely dedicated to give everyone the best day they could have, we had bought a joint of beef (larger than we were expected) and a wee bit of turkey. It turned out the beef needed rather a lot of time, so I crawled out of bed to put the oven on, and realised I had turned into my parents. Ah well!
Still, after that it was a lazy morning. Breakfast was eaten, coffee and tea was drank and we opened presents. I had a great haul! Lots of lovely little things, like nail varnish and bubble bath and books from my parents, a zombie gnome (terrifying the neighbours as we speak) from Katie, and Richie got me another charm on my braceletI got when we got engaged, this time one of Big Ben to commemorate our year so far in London.
Then I got down to cooking. Apart from the meat we had two types of stuffing, roast and mashed potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, sprouts, pigs in blankets and Yorkshire puddings. Oh, and two types of gravy. Tali very kindly helped with peeling the potatoes which was brilliant as that's my least favourite job, but other than that it was all me! And other than the mash being a bit cold, and the turkey not being brilliant (I think I should have got a whole turkey rather than a crown, but then I wouldn't have nearly been able to eat it all!) it was actually rather good. Hurrah!
I did, however, cook enough for us all to eat the meal again (and there was too much food to begin with!!) so we packed as many up into sensible leftovers as we could. After an epic joint effort to clean up the kitchen, we all enjoyed a nap and then settled down with a lot of wine, a lot of snacks, and a lot of good company. This isn't the right sphere to talk about Doctor Who - I want to watch it again but I did cry my eyes out - but we watched a few other bits and bobs and generally chilled out. It was just... lovely. Tali also introduced us to alcoholic cream on desserts, which was AMAZING and I need that in my life again.
Alas, we all needed to nip to bed early as on Boxing Day we had a rather early start in order to go to INDIA! Woke up, hasty shower, last minute packing and trundled out of the house to the airport. Anwar very kindly drove us over to Heathrow, and we assumed we had loads of time to spare so grabbed a rather nice (and confusing) breakfast. Imagine our horror when we came out of the restuarant to find that our flight was closing AN HOUR before the flight time. An hour!!
Still, we made it on to the plane which I suppose is the part that counts...
In the next post: a plane journey! Roads! Sari shopping, sari tying, well-meaning aunties! And lots and lots of wedding ceremonies...
So. Christmas!!
I finished work at about 12.30pm. Very few people were in due to storms and general Christmas Eve, and it was with horror that A, who I work closely with, realised she was the closest thing we had to senior management. She came over to me and said "Do you have anything to do?" and I cheerfully went "NOPE!" and danced out of the door. Bliss.
I came home and sorted out the last little bits that needed doing for Christmas, and settled in to wait for Tali and Anwar. They were running a little late, so we lit some candles and watched Carols at Kings before they arrived and we cracked into some fizzy wine, party food and lots of laughter and talking. What more can you want?
We got up late the next day - well, ish! As Anwar doesn't really like vegetables, and I was absolutely dedicated to give everyone the best day they could have, we had bought a joint of beef (larger than we were expected) and a wee bit of turkey. It turned out the beef needed rather a lot of time, so I crawled out of bed to put the oven on, and realised I had turned into my parents. Ah well!
Still, after that it was a lazy morning. Breakfast was eaten, coffee and tea was drank and we opened presents. I had a great haul! Lots of lovely little things, like nail varnish and bubble bath and books from my parents, a zombie gnome (terrifying the neighbours as we speak) from Katie, and Richie got me another charm on my braceletI got when we got engaged, this time one of Big Ben to commemorate our year so far in London.
Then I got down to cooking. Apart from the meat we had two types of stuffing, roast and mashed potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, sprouts, pigs in blankets and Yorkshire puddings. Oh, and two types of gravy. Tali very kindly helped with peeling the potatoes which was brilliant as that's my least favourite job, but other than that it was all me! And other than the mash being a bit cold, and the turkey not being brilliant (I think I should have got a whole turkey rather than a crown, but then I wouldn't have nearly been able to eat it all!) it was actually rather good. Hurrah!
I did, however, cook enough for us all to eat the meal again (and there was too much food to begin with!!) so we packed as many up into sensible leftovers as we could. After an epic joint effort to clean up the kitchen, we all enjoyed a nap and then settled down with a lot of wine, a lot of snacks, and a lot of good company. This isn't the right sphere to talk about Doctor Who - I want to watch it again but I did cry my eyes out - but we watched a few other bits and bobs and generally chilled out. It was just... lovely. Tali also introduced us to alcoholic cream on desserts, which was AMAZING and I need that in my life again.
Alas, we all needed to nip to bed early as on Boxing Day we had a rather early start in order to go to INDIA! Woke up, hasty shower, last minute packing and trundled out of the house to the airport. Anwar very kindly drove us over to Heathrow, and we assumed we had loads of time to spare so grabbed a rather nice (and confusing) breakfast. Imagine our horror when we came out of the restuarant to find that our flight was closing AN HOUR before the flight time. An hour!!
Still, we made it on to the plane which I suppose is the part that counts...
In the next post: a plane journey! Roads! Sari shopping, sari tying, well-meaning aunties! And lots and lots of wedding ceremonies...
