Hanukah

I am now more or less sorted for Hanukah, I know that I have left it very late as it is now fourth day but as we dont tend to go big on gifts for hanukah until the 7th or 8th nights so that its ok. I have also made a start of gifting for my Christian friends and i still have a bit of time for that espisally becasue i wont be seeing them untill the new year. It has become very cold now but as it is now mid-December it is not all that surprising that we should be having winter weather. I am also really beinging to looking forward to Limmud, (Limmud is an educational confrence on Jewish studies held around Christmass time, but it is like a year at uni, a festival, a rock concert and a joyful meeting with friends old and new all rolled into one.). I see people there who i dont see at any other time of the year but sence i have now been going for something like 19 years, not sure if my first limmud was either '90, 91 maybe as late as '92 but i dont think it was late.
Anyway I had better go and get on with some work on my thesis. On that topic I am making slow progress on my thesis but i keep telling myself that i am at the writting up stage so that is good.