Who missed me?Anyone? Mars? :p

We all missed you

Group hug people, group hug.

more to the point, did you miss us Camster?

Oh, absolutely!All ready for Christmas?

ready for a break for sure. Not really in the festive spirit though. How about you Camster?

My last day today,so very mush in the feshtive sprit, an haff been since lunshshtime.Merry happy holidays to all.

Mars,Tell me about it! Definitely could use a break. On leave now till late January. I know what you mean. Don't really feel so 'Christmassy'.It's been a bit of an 'odd' year, this 2012. Not the best of years, but did 240-odd days on the road (normal/good years = 300+). So not too bad I guess.It's just the missus and myself. No plans, no shopping done, nothing. Will probably pack up and drive to the continent, see where there's good snow and go there.Happy Holidays all. And best wishes for 2013.

Camster that sounds like a great idea - pack up and get away from your BAU life for the holidays. Mind you - I like Cool's approach too. So...spirit of Xmas and all that, what's everyone's year been like? Any memorable highs or lows? Tony? BEP? Cool? Camster? Anybody? ...

This is my last day until the New Year, so in case I dont get a chance later, Merry Christmas to everyone, be good, behave, under no circumstances allow them to take photos, choose wool mix fabrics which wash well, dont sleep with wet hair, avoid people who say 'fundamentally' a lot, remember it takes balls to make artificial xmas trees, and under no circumstances admit anything when questioned.Santa is probably a Management Consultant, given his frankly world class JIT supply chain.Merry Christmas, Happy New Year.

HighsRealising i'm just a pleb;Closing ceremony of the olympics;Having the choice of a project in Sweden during dec-March or one in Dubai - no brainer really; and seriously Hearing Tony's news a couple of months back and all you guysLowsN years of trivial dross on london olympicsInvesting in water importation company during the longest drought we had known in febPutting money on man city to win champions leagueNadine Dorries not answering my lust lettersHey opened my heart out to you guysAll the best for xmas and happy hogmany

Highs:Being promoted with a really decent pay bump! Being offered a potential role in Qatar/Dubia for two years from mid next year, ex-pat status, uk salary no tax (that's my house deposit right there). Nothing holding me back in the UK, single, no mortgage/kids/dependants etc, still pretty young, so quite excited about that.Being based on a London project throughout the whole year that was 9-5, and on the occasional day, til 6. Lows:Civil Servants.

Highs:My fifth year in a row of billing 200+ daysSeven weeks holidayHeadhunted to go back to a previous client on a nice long term gigCompleted a major upgrade to our houseLows:For second year running I lost out on the "top spot" on a programme because the client felt they needed a permie with his career on the line to be ultimately responsible.