I couldn't stand being inside anymore, but my face is still a little too swollen for other people to see it, so I went out in the back yard and pulled weeds. It only lasted about 20 minutes, and didn't really make much of a dent, but if felt so good to be outside. I may go do some more later, after my nap.

No surprise NYE cancelled here. I have the Death Flu. D. basically followed me around with a mop last night.

And it was a pretty small crew this year, as lots of people were OOT or couldn't find sitter's, but then M's main kid buddies in Springfield are going to get shitty weather and they aren't coming.

So I am bummed...and sick. I have a 22 lb. ham in the fridge, and all I can eat right now is water, coke (to stave of caffieneless headaches on top on the flu aches) and saltines.

2012, I won't miss you. You kinda sucked.

I got out without intersecting with the viper, but observation is SLOW. We shall see.

I'm here reading SPN slash and the nurse asks if I'm reading 50 Shades of Grey. Heaven forfend! My porn has more penises and more quality!

Dammit! I should have checked if the image was on the web, because I would have taken a photo if I'd known it was this difficult to find--Digicel, a phone company, has an amazing Usain Bolt ad, that is a hybrid of this [link] and this [link]

I would stick around to explain how, but they've just given me the right amount of meds in the most ineffective way, and the combination of nausea and hunger (it's been 24 hours) is making the pain so much worse.

I have no NYE plans. May see if CJ wants to invite some buddies over.

ION I am in Cheyenne. Drove around town for a bit but no much is open on Sundays. Will be meeting up with Val in a bit.

I am soooo not motivated, ut I am also soooo annoyed by the state of the house and am determined not to waste 3 days of no work.

load of laundry is in
duvet cover is in dryer getting de-cathaired
dry clothes got folded
sheets pulled off bed, ready to wash when current load is done

Need to dos today:

recycling to bin - mac to do
dishwasher unloaded - possibly mac
vacuuming - mac to do his room
remaining Christmas card clean-up
receipt entering (should do that next while sitting)

Floors clean, new toilet seat installed, plant vacuumed, feeding face.

No plans for NYE. I'm good with that. Not being deathly ill this year is enough.

No NYE plans either. It is my least favorite holiday. it's the poster child of expectations ruin things for me, best to treat like any other day and avoid all tv that day.

We are also a House of Plague this year. It does seem like Rosie is on the upswing, finally, after a week, but I feel shitty today and M is like a day or two behind me in the shittiness curve. Today is for a few simple tasks: loading dishwasher, taking out trash, finding places for the last few Christmas presents. Tomorrow I think about tackling the guest room closet. Also, my laptop (1.5 years old) is already breaking down: it no longer recognizes the power cord, so I only have maybe an hour and a half of battery life left. I'm pretty pissed, but don't have the energy to deal with it today. Maybe next weekend.

Our NYE plans are drive to PDX (lamenting the lack of Cass the entire trip), check into hotel, eat, get dressed up, then head to the venue for the Vespertine Ball so I can do pre-event soundcheck and other emcee things.

One of my sister's friends was bouncing on the balls of his feet, excitedly trying to work out what to do for NYE.

All I could think was "clearly young", but it's not inevitable that time will grind your expectations into a bitter dust of disappointment. He could be that cool and fun that he's had a decade and a half of FUNFUNFUN, but it's clearly not been with many people I know.

I explained my case to an attending, and lo! My normal regimen makes sense, but because they wasted one round giving it IN PILLS as well as a litre of fluids, he can't give me enough that way. I may not have any NYE plans, but it may be sensible to plan NYD itself.