A Spartan day

This is a term for a day when one deals with some long overdue chores, above one's daily schedule.

In that sense, I finally took down the Christmas tree today (I'd say it was time), cleaned up all the needles (save for those that buried themselves into the carpet, which we'll still be picking out around Easter), cooked lunch, put away the Christmas decorations and did some translation in the afternoon. *is beaten*

On other news, my first German pension finally arrived today. So I'm well and truly retired now.