And we're off!

It's thirty-five minutes to midnight, and tomorrow Advent begins, and with it my 1001 days. I've got a week's leave, and I'm going to use it getting a head start on my list.

You know I said that I wasn't planning my dates specifically around any dates, anniversaries, or what have you? I'd forgotten: it's as near as dammit three years since I moved to the mainland and started acting like a grown-up (well, mostly...) They were a slow three years, difficult in some respects, but they've got me to a patch of reasonably solid ground, from which I can set out to expand my interests and my skills.

Here goes...