Christmas cold

Christmas this year was made so much more relaxing with the addition of the every fun Christmas cold! I got sick over the weekend.. and then on Sunday into Monday night I got about 3 hours sleep with made work on Monday miserable. But I went in and did my report and got a list from Nathan on what need to be worked on for the rest of the week and got L prepped on how to do the summary for WSE.. and then I went home. I got home about 11 and put my PJ's on and went right to bed. I had planned to get up around 3.. but then my mom called and said that we were celebrating EH's graduation.. so i had to run to by hand south for a last min gift. So i only got to sleep until 220 ish.. which was ok, and I got through the evening. Even though I was blowing my nose every other minute. I was glad I made it through so well. I, in a very unwise move took cold medicine, a multiple vitamin and a priolec all together.. the combination made me just about pass out.. the world went all back for a moment and i though for a moment that an earth quake was happening.. then I realized that it was me! and the vitamin made me all nauseated and I got sick.. but luckily I am very used to throwing up.. so i just brushed my teeth and went over.

I slept like the drugged on Christmas as I took some NyQuil. And I got to my parents for breakfast at about 10:30 on Christmas morning. I had breakfast and said hi to everyone.. but I guess the cold medicine I took in the morning really knocked for a loop, and I felt exhausted. So I went home about noon and I missed the traditional Christmas movie. And instead took a 3 hour nap. Which felt wonderful. I went over for dinner , which was great! and then enjoyed the traditional grab bag and I got a lovely waffle maker.

By the time I got home I could feel a migraine coming on.. and it is never good to get that head ache at night.. so I went to bed and hoped for the best. But when I woke up the headache was worse, my throat hurt and my nose was still a faucet.. so I called in sick to work. Which was probably for the best. I would of been a waste at work.. I would of just been there for the sake of being there.

But it is now Wednesday night.. and I feel much better. A walk outside in the sun helped with my head ache.. (I had the head ache which only feels better if i do some brisk activity, preferable in some place chilly and do lots of deep breathing) And I slept in, and had a late breakfast, followed by a nap and a late lunch.. (more like linner actually) and an imax. I was able to say good by to MDH and KSH. And after I finish Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix, (which should be done by 8) I will go to bed.

If I had gone to work today, I would of sat there holding my head and blowing my nose be moaning my self on how stupid I was going to work and not actually doing any work. And I would of left early or had to call out sick tomorrow.

But now I am well rested and I feel much better. I could not of had a more well used sick day. Even though I would preferred being at work today, and not having the Christmas cold.

Ironically enough, Mark also had the same cold.. but he appeared to be a day after me in its effects. So I could not of giving it to him.

Baking

I am not a huge baker.. mostly because it is not much fun to cook for one.. but my mom was not going to have time to make cookies because of all the unpacking she had to do, so I volunteered. I made Chocolate chips cookies, Sugar Butter cut out cookies, and my new cookie this year was the brown sugar cookie. I liked these better then the other sugar cookies because they were much easier to make and I did not have to cut them out.. (they were drop cookies). The recipe is
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup butter
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon backing powder

Cream sugar and butter until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and mix well. Add and mix dry ingredients. Bake at 350 for 6 to 8 mins.

Easy and yummy.

Merry Christmas.

Date

So tomorrow night I have a date... unfortunately it is just a father daughter date, but hey beggars cannot be choosers.. :) We are going go to the Thrashers game. So that should be fun, because I get to go downtown 2 nights in a row.

I just got back with some girls from small group from the seeing the Christmas lights at Centennial Park and going out to dinner at Teds . It was nice to see the lights because I was not really feeling the Christmas spirit. So it was nice to go out and see Christmasesy stuff in the cold. Last weekend I went for a walk around the neighborhood and checked out the lights.. but it too warm. (in the 70s!) for me to be in the mood.

The most annoying part of the night was the fact that I was locked out of my apartment. The maintenance people came to my apartment this afternoon to fix the toilet and evidently they fixed the lock that I never used because I did not have the key and it was broken. Luckily Himy was here when I got back from the park so I could get in. But I had already decided that it would of been OK if he could not of fixed it because then I could of stayed home in the morning to get it all sorted out. But oh well. I will go to work in the AM.

The really sadness of the day was that I did not get a chance to finish my laundry.. :(

Christmas

It is now 6 days before Christmas..And I am about 80 percent done with shopping. And I have a plan for the remaining presents. If all goes according to plan I should be able to finish shopping at lunch on Friday by stopping off at Target and Sports Authority. My back up plan would be to stop at Target on the way home.. and if I am honest with my time, I am going to have to go to Target on the way home. Which is OK because I only need to pick up a gift card, wrapping paper, tape and gift tags. I guess it will depend on how crowded Sports Authority is. I am pretty happy with the presents that I am going to give. They are not too creative, but I think that every one will enjoy and they will use the gifts. The only gift I am concerned about is for JS.. but technically the one gift was supposed to be for her birthday.. I may have to alter the other part of the gift.. But flexiblity is my middle name, so I will work it out.

MacBeth, The Snuggle slut

I am of the opionion that if you live by yourself that you should have a pet. I have cat that goes by the name of Macbeth. And she is a snuggle slut! The only way I can get her off my lap or away from me is to wait. She, like any other cat, has her moods..
But it is kinda cute. When I am sleeping she feels the need to keep in contact with my body. Meaning that she in some way is always touching me. Either snuggled right up next to my head or on my feet.. When she was younger she used to get more annoyed when I turned or shifted, but now she just waits until I am done, and then shifts.. But she does not view it as painful when I sleep on her tail..
I guess it is my own fault.. when she was a kitten she had a bunch of surgeries to fix a spaying that was done when she was too small.. and I was supposed to keep her still, so i would put her in bed with me so that I could watch her more carefully.

The only time this was bad was when I had the RAI.. I was supposed to keep small children and pets away from me for a week. and it was not like I could send Macbeth to my mom's house or outside (it was Feburary) while the radiation did its work.. And when I closed the bedroom door she just spent the night yawling and clawing at the door, which was not very easy to sleep through and i was tired enough. So I let her in to the room and i yelled (which was kinda funny because my voice was all raspy and soft) and hit the bed to frighten her.. and she would get off the bed and then I would go to sleep. But when I woke up I would feel Macabeth at my feet and the yelling and thumping would start up again. the most I could do was to make my head area unconfortable for her to sleep at, so at least she was shielded from the worst of it. After a couple nights of me yelling at her, she got the picture and stayed off the bed. Which was kinda sad as when i was over being radioactive, it took her a couple weeks to get back up on the bed..

Back again

So, I thought I would try this whole blogging thing again. I have been very lazy the past couple months about turning on my computer and even more lazy about getting on line. But with the year ending and all the sales going on, I got a sprint air card when it was on sale and there was no activation fee..so here I am again to blog my not so exciting life but enjoyable life!

And what I have been up too..I crewed the 3 day.. which was extremly hard, but extremly rewarding.. I have signed up to do camp logitics again... and work, and church and fun..

But now I am getting bored with being on line. later