The Rest of December

  12/26/08 1:18 pm

12/26/08 8:42 pm

12/26/08 8:58 pm I had a Sick Day today. Definite sinus infection. Bleah. I've had so much tea today. Steve ran out. He brought home a warm fresh baguette from Panera, and Progresso tomato soup. I took a nap this afternoon. I did scan Dec. pieces. That's all.

12/27/08 7:36 pm Another Sick Day for me. No nap today, though. Had a hard time falling asleep. (last night.) I coughed and coughed. Dry itchy throat. Chloraseptic didn't help. Bah. Night time is the worst when you're sick. Ugh. I slept in till 8:00 - my dry throat woke me up.

12/27/08

12/28/08 6:40 pm Lazy Day. Lazy Sunday. Sort of a Sick Day. I didn't go out today. Again. Steve ran to the store. I had trouble getting to sleep due to coughing. Then I got up at 6:00 to go down the hall. Then couldn't get back to sleep due to coughing.

12/28/08 I finally got back to sleep. I'm getting better, but I still have the itchy scratchy throat. Ugh! Still feeling blah, too. We started a game of Starcraft today. And cooked a pork roast - just plain. Garlic cloves and orange juice. Over rice. That wonderful sushi rice.

12/28/08 This evening I tore up or cut up all the little drgs on paper and all my reference photos - all of them. Destroyed. But I still have no idea what to do. Nothing.

12/28/08 What are my issues right now? What defines my life right now? [.] Disappointment. *Not getting anywhere and I'm SO LATE. *Still not reaching my goals. *Still Feeding the Fat Girl

  12/28/08

12/29/08 12:20 pm We are at La Madeleine, a cafe in Columbia. We had lunch at Panera, went to Target to spend the gift card from Susan & Steve (oven mitts and cleaning supplies). Now we're here, spending the last of the gift card from Mike, from last year. And I think this is what we got last year.

12/29/08 Two desserts and coffee. I'm going to shop Jo Ann while Steve browses Borders.

12/29/08

12/29/08 7:48 pm I'm freakin' tired. Monday. But still off! Yay. I slept in. Then we went out. I hadn't been out in three days. I'm getting over my illness, but I'm still tired and dragged out.

12/30/08 4:13 pm Wow, what a Lazy Day. We slept in. I've reached the point where I can't take any more Robitussin. I finished the bottle. No more. It's making me feel ill. Still coughing. Dry hacking cough. Blah.

12/30/08 We finished our game of Starcraft today. Steve won. We did a total conquest game. He conquered me. Then, later - he conquered me. But in a different way. Messy --- I'm still tired.

12/31/08 9:54 pm New Year's Eve. I slept in till 10:00 this morning. 10:00! We did massive cleaning today. We did all the dusting and vacuuming - the entire apt. All the walls, baseboards, all surfaces - ent. unit, computer desk. Window sills. Everything. The place is so clean!

12/31/08 I've just been Lazy today, since the cleaning. We had a great early supper of bratwurst, cabbage (cooked in the skillet after the bratwurst) and mashed potatoes (with a touch of Horseradish). Really good. We had beer with supper.

12/31/08 I had a Troeg's, then a Boddington's. Then we had ice cream. Steve ran to 7-11 for milk and vanilla ice cream. (With Hershey's syrup and Starbucks caramel sauce.) Then we opened the Beringer sparkling wine - really good. I'm being lazy - flipping channels, listening to Walkman.

12/31/08

12/31/08

12/31/08 2008 totally sucked. No recap necessary: it sucked. Totally. Really. When we opened the sparkling wine, we drank to 2009. Steve said 2008 did not deserve a toast. Amen.