What an interesting few days.
In good news, that sharp pain in my throat is gone. Bad news, it’s been replaced by a dull throat ache, the kind of very slow nose leak that leaves you with crusties in the morning, and general head-cottoning. I spent the entire day at home, mostly watching TV and playing Zack and Wiki (a present from the Lucy).
Meanwhile, I also went to a few parties. I helped Anne and her family put up Christmas tree ornaments, which was nice ’cause I haven’t been that close to a real tree in forever.
There was one in Lansing, which gave me the opportunity for some cuddle time, and the one at SarahKate’s house, where we played The Talisman and watched girls chase each other around the house, threats of cleavage-snow levied.
I’ve been pretty pleased with the holidays so far, sickness be damned. I got some fun Christmas cards, and I’ll probably tape them up and leave them around until April or so ;). When I start to realize that I feel grateful for feeling happy even when I’m sick, I can’t avoid how fantastically self-generating we are when it comes to our moods. ‘course, people are awesome, and that doesn’t hurt, either.
Relating to my days of late, it seems to me that the problem with not having any discernable circadean rhythm is that if I don’t have a reason to go to bed at a reasonable hour (like the threat of being fired), I just … don’t. Maybe I’ll sleep in the afternoon, or maybe I’ll go to bed at 5 am. The nice thing about going to bed next to someone (when I am so lucky) is that 90% of the time, it convinces me to get off my butt and make the effort to go to bed.
Happy hoho, folks. Christmas Eve will be fun at mom’s place, just her and I (unless we get any surprise guests).
My usual Christmas Day Evening is hanging out with Jeska and fam, but she won’t be in town until the day after, so I’ll be in Berkley, probably looking to crash someone else’s holiday or receive a visitor or two. ;) If you’re in the area or want me to come visit, just call.