1. Holiday lunch with co-workers at a restaurant I’ve never tried before, the creative director’s treat.

2. Gingerbread house making party, which I’d been looking forward to all month. All those attending get to learn how to make their own gingerbread houses, and I was going to bring the one I made to the next thing I missed…

3. Christmas carolling at Steph’s in L.A. It’s become somewhat of a tradition, and I always look forward to it. She has the best mulled wine and the most positive attitude, and we always have the best time, with plenty of food, love, and laughter. H.E. went for a brief time for the both of us, and he had them sing a carol for me over the phone, which was nice.

Sigh.

Every year there’s a flu season, and every year the media talks about how it is particularly bad that year. It’s never really affected me before, and now here I am, one of the statistics. Since Thursday, I have not had a full night’s rest or a square meal (just cat naps and nibbles), and not once all weekend did I even step outside. I have mostly been confined to the bed with my continually rising and falling temperature, dozing or watching movies on video tape and cable TV.

On the up side, I got to watch a few things I missed in the theatres. On the down side, I found out that the camera H.E. got me might be defective (I just put in new batteries, and it’s dead again?!). He’s going to send it back, by the way, and get a replacement for me.

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