Ora et Labora

The title begs for a picture of a benedictine abbey, but I don't have one at hand, so some old style Flemish merchant work ethic will have to do. Actually, I shouldn't be posting right now, I should be working or studying, but I'm so overwhelmed with sheer quantities of pages upon pages to read, excercises to, well, excercise, and the normal workload that I cannot focus.
Oh, well, eventually all will get done, deadlines will be kept, learning will be absorbed - as always, just needed to vent, I guess.

What changes on New Year's Day?

Immediately - not much, but I'm working on future changes, the situation is evolving positively and there's no need to rush or worry.

Dear Santa, you do deliver :-) thank you...

I'm quite set in quality and quantity of black skirts and dress shirts, the black watch fits perfectly. Still undecided between Alpha 850 and 550, so this one can wait till I finally make up my mind, my current camera is still doing great, we can discuss the matter again after it hits 30k clicks - sometime after the summer holidays, deal?

Unexpected bonus came in form of a lovely sherry which brought so many delicious memories, a simple but so very thoughtful gift proving once again that it doesn't take a fortune, but rather the will and a little bit of thinking to offer something fitting and meaningful. Even if the meaning is coded ;-)

Happy New Year!