In the month since I last updated a lot has happened.  There was Christmas, and New Years, I baked about twelve different kinds of cookies, a pie and a cake, I spent 10 hours in an airplane and 10 days getting over jet lag and I have spent as much time as I possibly can with my family.

Busy, you say, but not busy enough to warrent a 1 month hiatus from blogging.  True, although you’d be surprised at how much time decorating Christmas cookies can take.  No, the real reason I’ve been MIA from the blogersphere has been because I’m still in California.  While my original plane ticket had me returning to London on December 29th, the British Home Office had some other opinions and my visa has been delayed due to a massive backlog of other applications.

So there’s nothing for it but to enjoy the sun and warm weather, home cooking with my family, chance to work from home (read: in my pajamas) and appreciate my time here before I head back to London in a few weeks.  In the meantime I’ll be putting in some posts about my work, as that’s what’s consuming most of my time these days.  Happy New Year!