quantumcupcakes: (Cats & Books)
I have the best husband in the world who has spoiled me ridiculously. I wasn't expecting a huge present for my birthday, never do with it being so close to Christmas and him having bought me a season ticket. But, apparently Jack had listened to how much I'd been waxing lyrical over Lucy's new Kindle Oasis... and he bought me one for my birthday! ♥

Lucy got me an awesome glow-in-the-dark cover for it, with shooting star patterns, and a gorgeous print of a solar eclipse that's going up on my office wall. She also got me a desk organiser.

My dad continued the Cardiff Blues theme from Christmas and bought me a home shirt :D My brother got me some amazon vouchers and I got him a recipe book for the instant pot we got him and his wife for Christmas

It was a good birthday all round. It was great to see my dad, my brother, his wife and their kids. We don't see them often enough and that's something I want to improve on in 2019. Dad spent the whole time feeding us. He cooked a big fry-up for breakfast on Saturday morning, and Saturday night he ordered Chinese. You can only begin to imagine the sheer amount of food that was delivered for 6 adults and 2 teenagers!

We got back home yesterday evening and we're having a lazy start to this last day of 2018. Lucy and I are talking about resolutions and goals - Jack's rolling his eyes at us. He doesn't get the new year/new start/blank page idea; to him it's just another day and if you wanted to do/change something, you'd do it then and there, not on a randomly appointed day. I can see it both ways - but still like goal setting none-the-less. I suspect there'll be another blog post about that later on today or tomorrow
quantumcupcakes: (R2D2)
I feel like I blinked and it's December. I'm sure the school year just started and now we're winding down for the end of the Autumn semester and into the Christmas recess. I'm not going to lie though, I'm thrilled. I love December. I love Christmas and it's my birthday - not that anyone1 really remembers it, it's in that awkward period between Christmas and New Year where it feels like you've fallen into a fissure in the space time continuum.

I'm very much looking forward to a couple of weeks of no classes, no students and spending quality time with Jack and Lucy. We've got no solid plans other than going to see Aquaman, and a board games afternoon. I'd like to get in some yoga and zumba classes at the gym as well.

Also, in December, I'm going to two Cardiff Blues matches - on the 15th and 21st. I don't get to go to actual matches in person often enough so I'm looking forward to that.

I'm sure other plans will fall into place as the month goes on. Mostly, though, I'm looking forward to relaxing with my family and enjoying the festive season

1 Jack, Lucy, Dad and my brother remember. Sometimes my niece and nephew too, although somehow they manage to forget that their father and I are twins and share a birthday...

All about ME!

I'm Samantha, I'm 55 and I'm a kinky, bisexual, polyamorous, Welsh geek who loves to bake and read.

I'm a retired physics teacher and am fascinated with astrophysics, space exploration, engineering and mechanics. I'm a rugby fan and an avid supporter of my Cardiff Blues.

I also love floral dresses, biker boots, leather jackets, dancing, yoga, 80s pop music, science-fiction, superheroes and chick lit.

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