Thanks, actually. I do hate the holidays, a bit. Anyway, Merry Christmas to you too.

My family’s alright, though. There aren’t too many of us, at least, and the younger ones will find the holidays fun no matter what – I think some people have it a lot worse. Still, getting an owl was a nice excuse to have half a minute to myself in the house, which never hurts. How are yours going – are you surviving?

Eight days to a clean start. Sounds easy, when you put it like that.

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