However, at the moment, my head is full of To-Do lists. Here is a small sample:
Pre-India List
- Finalise the 'short list' of clothes I want to take (it currently consists of approximately twice the amount I could fit in the bag/lift of the ground for longer than 2.5 minutes);
- Find a way of hiding the rest of my belongings so they don't mysteriously find their way into my sister's possession by the time of my return;
- Make a Christmas present for the fam;
- Accustom myself to both vegetarian food and spice whilst...
- Making the most of my last opportunity to eat the following: bacon, gravy, Yorkshire pudding, black pudding, uncooked vegetables, tap water, juice...
- See number 5. from above;
- Learn about grammar. And spelling. Develop a keeneyefordetail;
- Either embrace the modern world and learn how to use computers, phones...calculator...Twitter...or journey to a happier time before these things. Suggest: rich lady in the '20s a la Downton Abbey.
- Make something beautiful (this always appears on my to-do lists in the hope that I discover some hidden talent for craft);
- Perfect (read: make first attempt at) the art of making Fondant Fancies.
Next 3 Holidays List (because you've got to have something to look forward to)
- A month (or so) in Italy in manner of Julia Roberts (Eat, Pray, Love) to learn to speak Italian properly, rather than the random selection of almost entirely unrelated words that I currently have possession of;
- Berlin because I imagine it to be a positive Mecca of modern art and dance...and they make excellent hot dogs in Germany;
- Tokyo via Trans-Siberian Express. I love a good train journey.
- Phone
- Pink and yellow Post-It notes with indecipherable list of numbers on it
- Tape measure
- Someone's tissue (eww)
- A curly piece of plastic
