Seeing the history behind anything, especially something so grand and celebrated as Ulysses, is an amazing experience. I agree that it would be neat to go to Dublin for this, but that's also influenced by my desires to see more of the world then Illinois. Ireland is somewhere near the top of my list for places to see, someday.
The odd thing about forgetting Ulysses is that I normally recall details of things I've read quite well. There are only a handful of exceptions I can think of where I don't remember much.
Sundays are always kind of a drag as well, I agree. But I don't really worry about it as much as I do with a longer vacation, because Sundays make up half of every weekend. It seems like kind of a waste to worry about it for half of the break. And while we're conveniently on the topic of breaks, yours sounds like it was horrifically busy. Mine was relatively uneventful, which I'm rather glad for. A little excitement is a good thing on occasion, but I don't like it for days on end. Overall though, the break, and Christmas as well, turned out rather well, I think.
And I don't think that I'll ignore the question regarding my goals this year, I think I may actually be able to deliver a concise answer. Or, rather, I'm going to link you to a lengthy answer, but actually do very little work now. Laziness, whoo! Link. This list was a lot longer, at one point, but I deleted everything to start anew, my list had grown far too convoluted to ever actually sort through. My overriding aspiration though, if you want to call it that, is definitely to try being more social. Being a recluse is fun and all, but there are some things that I feel I'm missing out on. What about you? I'd imagine that you have some interesting plans for yourself in the next year.