The First of 2014

Happy New Year! I wanted to blog last night, I swear. It was going to be titled "The Last of 2013". Then I realized I was actually really tired. After Boxing Day I pretty much went back to work, and I just kept working and working until yesterday. Mum had planned a "family day trip", and I didn't really want to go, but when my sister work me at 7am saying she wanted me to come along, I couldn't really say no.

So yeah, there I was, sitting in the car for a good 2 hours listening to the familiar argument of "WE SHOULD HAVE TURNED LAST INTERSECTION" vs "NO THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY". We inevitably ended up in the wrong lane anyway, and made many a dangerous lane-changes at traffic lights. Then there was this heinous stretch of road which wound around several mountains, and the asshole driver decided speeding while turning was an excellent idea, because, and I quote, "even P platers were overtaking us".

Anyway we ended up at the destination, which was a muddy beach. My mother brought out an entire rice cooker from the boot of our car- it turns out that she had lunch sorted. We sat beneath a tree for the picnic, and I tried to position myself so that where I sat would obscure any view of the rice cooker. I was a little more embarrassed than I liked to be.

The rest of the day passed without much hassle, to my great surprise. Much like Christmas day, no one was particularly unpleasant to the point where I found it intolerable. I didn't really have the thrill of my life but it certainly was not as bad as most of our other "family day trips". I was really tired when I got home though, so I didn't really do much. Sleep was good since I stopped waking up at 5am for no reason.

And today has also been particularly unremarkable. New years day was actually really quiet with not much to do. My friends wanted me to come out but they gave me next to no notice, and considering how it was completely dark outside, I did not really feel the impulse to leave the house. I guess it's nice, having an evening to myself. I hope 2014 will be a better year.