Receta Yearend Thoughts + Why I Was Absent from the Blogosphere

Hello, my dear readers! I’m still alive! My apologies if I have neglected my humble site. Believe me, I have reasons! It’s as if the entire universe conspired to prevent me from coming up with a decent blog post. But just as the saying goes, “Better late than never!” So as my last blog post for 2014, allow me to explain my absence, and let me fill you in with how I spent the first half of my holiday break!

I slept, and slept, and slept!

I crammed with my Christmas shopping. I only got to wrap the gifts at night after work or after I'm done with my household chores. I came to work until the 23rd of December, and that night, I had dinner with my Navitaire friends.

The following day, we packed our things (and gifts)…