Geez! Time for Christmas Planning Already?

I’ve gotta get my act together and figure out my holidays to America for the next year or so. I’ve been going on and on about New York and San Francisco – a little about Canada too – but what I’ve really gotta do is book a flight to Atlanta, Georgia to spend time with my mom in December. I skipped Christmas in Dixie last year and don’t want to miss out on that down home family vibe again. And I really can’t afford to wait so long that I end up paying some extortionist fee to fly down there from London!

This year has flown by. I can’t get my head around the fact that it’s already July. And can you believe Selfridges in Oxford Street is going to start its Christmas trading as early as the 2nd of August? And as I’m writing this post, an email about London’s “Taste fo Christmas” just appeared in my inbox. It really does start earlier and earlier each year. Ugh.

But, yeah, I’m looking forward to a week or so back in Georgia: eating Mom’s cooking, catching up with old friends, stuff like that. I’m perfectly content with the notion that I’ll most likely never live there again, but it’s sure nice to visit and take a walk along the train tracks, remembering all the hi jinx and antics I got up to in my youth. But first – I must book that flight!