Bonne Année 2006...
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castalieSince it's finally the 1st here - Happy New Year, flist mine! Best wishes to you all *hugs*
I had a sort of difficult day today - or let's say it was a little like a roller coaster. I woke up fine and happy and got even happier when I checked my mailbox and saw there were a card and a parcel waiting for me, respectively from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sockich and aswanargent. Kaja, thank you a lot, I loved the poem, it's beautiful and it really spoke to me *g* And Karen, you outdid yourself again! It did feel like Christmas even a week afterwards, there were so many pressies to open! I loved every one of them - thank you so much *hugs*
Then as the day went, I got a little melancholic. My mom was feeling quite blue herself and it didn't help. I was in a funk pretty much all afternoon and even doing the preparations for the dinner didn't brighten my spirits. Then it was time to leave for Saint Michel [Paris] as this is where the Gospel and Negro Spirituals show we wanted to attend was held. I had the feeling it would finally do it for me and make me smile again and boy was I right! It was fantastic! It was so powerful - it did make me cry a bit at one point. Not in a sobbing way or anything but it really moved me, you know? Music can do that to me. I didn't cry through the whole show - thank God lol - though I got goosebumps from start to finish. We did have a wonderful time :-)
Then we returned home and, as it happens, when midnight struck we were still in the car. We have to work on our timing lol Five minutes later we were home and ready to eat our delicious meal as we'd prepared everything before we left - which btw makes me think that everything considered, our timing might not be so bad :-)
And now I'm so very full I'm thinking of fasting for the remaining of the week, and chilling on-line while watching the New Year's programs. I wanted a quiet and relaxing NY, I did get it in the end *g*
I hope you all had a lovely time - or that you'll have a lovely time when 2006 will finally knock at your door :-)
I had a sort of difficult day today - or let's say it was a little like a roller coaster. I woke up fine and happy and got even happier when I checked my mailbox and saw there were a card and a parcel waiting for me, respectively from
sockich and aswanargent. Kaja, thank you a lot, I loved the poem, it's beautiful and it really spoke to me *g* And Karen, you outdid yourself again! It did feel like Christmas even a week afterwards, there were so many pressies to open! I loved every one of them - thank you so much *hugs*Then as the day went, I got a little melancholic. My mom was feeling quite blue herself and it didn't help. I was in a funk pretty much all afternoon and even doing the preparations for the dinner didn't brighten my spirits. Then it was time to leave for Saint Michel [Paris] as this is where the Gospel and Negro Spirituals show we wanted to attend was held. I had the feeling it would finally do it for me and make me smile again and boy was I right! It was fantastic! It was so powerful - it did make me cry a bit at one point. Not in a sobbing way or anything but it really moved me, you know? Music can do that to me. I didn't cry through the whole show - thank God lol - though I got goosebumps from start to finish. We did have a wonderful time :-)
Then we returned home and, as it happens, when midnight struck we were still in the car. We have to work on our timing lol Five minutes later we were home and ready to eat our delicious meal as we'd prepared everything before we left - which btw makes me think that everything considered, our timing might not be so bad :-)
And now I'm so very full I'm thinking of fasting for the remaining of the week, and chilling on-line while watching the New Year's programs. I wanted a quiet and relaxing NY, I did get it in the end *g*
I hope you all had a lovely time - or that you'll have a lovely time when 2006 will finally knock at your door :-)
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Date: 2006-01-01 12:52 am (UTC)It's still 2005 for me for about another seven hours. I have no New Year's Eve plans at all; I'm going to leave the office in a few minutes and head for home. If the market is still open, maybe I'll pick up a split of champagne to toast in the new year. Nothing more than that, because I have to come in to work again all day tomorrow. Now that I spent a good part of today getting caught up with my flist, maybe I can really spend tomorrow working, lol.
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Date: 2006-01-01 01:02 pm (UTC)I wanted it to be a surprise but now I'm telling you because you should be receiving something. Sometime lol Or maybe I just need to be a lot more patient, I guess parcels do take longer - hopefully it'll arrive before the end of the month though *fingers crossed*
So did you have your split of champagne to toast in the new year? :-)
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Date: 2006-01-01 06:25 pm (UTC)Your package came yesterday. You'll see in a comment I left for you elsewhere.
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Date: 2006-01-02 06:36 pm (UTC)And I saw, I was quite relieved to hear it *g*
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Date: 2006-01-01 01:02 am (UTC)We missed the midnight too, we were on the balcony looking at the pretty lights :)
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Date: 2006-01-01 01:02 pm (UTC)Midnight sometimes gets overlooked, it seems lol
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Date: 2006-01-01 01:53 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-01-01 02:29 am (UTC)Yeah, well, I do hope had fun and that you'll have a very good year as well, sincerely.
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Date: 2006-01-01 10:51 am (UTC)*huggles*
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Date: 2006-01-01 01:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-01 03:13 pm (UTC)J'espère que 2006 sera meilleure que 2005 pour toi! Je te souhaite tout plein de bonnes choses! *bisous*
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Date: 2006-01-01 06:28 pm (UTC)And I'm glad you liked the card, even if it did take forever to get there. *g*
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Date: 2006-01-01 09:32 pm (UTC)I figure it can't hurt to say it many times *g*
I think I need to fast this week too. Man, all this food is cool but also, so full now!
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Date: 2006-01-02 12:56 am (UTC)The food was so very yummy - but now we need to get reasonable again!
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