Have you been missing me? I think I have been missing me too. I keep planning on doing all this writing and then I get in front of my computer and all I want to do is put my head on the keyboard and fall asleep. I have to tell you this sickness is totally kicking my ass. I can’t remember the last time I was sick this bad for this long. It has gone a long way to show everyone I am not some sort of robot though, because my aversion to getting sick even whilst making out with someone who has the flu and tonsillitis at the same time has been pointed out as inhuman. I think I mentioned this, but in the weeks since Thanksgiving I have gotten a stomach flu, throat infection, and a cold which has left me so congested I can barely think. My ears which have been bothering me for about 2 years now also seem to be worsening.
Now during all of this I have been *gasp!* taking actual medicine. You know, like Tylenol. I kept feeling sick and it was my own personal belief that I was not getting well because I was shunning my usual use of Echinacea-Goldenseal capsules and Echinacea teas*. I mentioned to my cousin I was taking medication and not feeling better and she immediately said. “Maybe you’re still sick because you’re taking regular medication and not that herbal crap.” I looked right at her an exclaimed, “That’s what I was thinking!”
So I am back on herbal treatments. My main source of fluids for the past 3 days has been Echinacea tea** and my capsules. Do you know what? They are working! I am totally serious with you. I feel crappy in the morning and sound like death and by the afternoon (and about 2 cups later) it’s hard to tell I’m even sick at all. Of course I do still have a stuffy nose. I am attempting to will it away. Good luck, right?
My wife is going to have five boxes to open on Christmas. I only have two boxes done and I am going shopping tomorrow to get some more accomplished. I am also going out shopping on Christmas Eve. I enjoy shopping on Christmas Eve actually. I like the sense of urgency I see from many people and I also enjoy seeing people struggle to finish with their lists. I have my gifts completely planned out. My issue is more monetary so I need to really go by my last two paychecks to get things done. I am so excited! I love this time of year. I love buying things for people I love and the whole world just seems easier to live in for a while.
Oh, did you know most people are most offended by people saying Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas? They said so on Good Morning America. Guess what I wrote in every single Christmas card I sent this year? Yup. Happy Holidays! I mean it to be Christmas & New Years. You Know? Happy Holiday Season! I just know that a lot of my customers don’t celebrate Christmas. I just want to be all inclusive. I, myself, don’t celebrate the traditional Christmas like my parents do. I look at Christmas as a time to show loved ones how much they mean to you. It’s a time to stop worrying about the bad things going on in the world and focus on the good. It’s my time to be with friends and family and let them know what they mean to me. I also don’t know what all the fuss is about. They showed an airport that removed all their Christmas trees because “a rabbi was offended”. Then later in the show they mentioned that he didn’t want the trees removed only a little inclusion of other holidays too. So this airport rather than put up one menorah choose to take down all their Christmas trees, have Christians complain to get them put back in, make this rabbi look like a terrible person all just so they wouldn’t have to acknowledge another holiday? What’s wrong with other holidays?
When I was in school one thing I loved most about the holiday season was getting to hear all about what other people celebrated. I love tradition. I love the idea of lighting the menorah every night. I love the idea of celebrating for eight days. The history of it all is amazing. I love hearing about Kwanza and how it is celebrated and why. It’s so neat to get to hear about different cultures. My father mentioned that if they included Hanukkah in the decorations it would be a mess and they would have to start including every religion that someone makes up. Like festivus poles in stores? This sounds to me like that lovely theory that if gays are allowed to marry then people will start marrying goats. What’s next! It’s ridiculous. I gently reminded him that Judaism was around before Christianity. It is by no means a new religion. He was quite after that. I’m not saying that people can’t say Merry Christmas, but would it be so awful if we got to see some other kinds of decorations? Personally, I think that would add a lot to the overall joy of the holidays.
Wednesday night my and the wife were having sex and afterwards she said it was the best sex she had ever had. Being that we having been having sex for nearly six years now I will take that as a huge compliment. You’re welcome, dear. I am looking forward to doing it again sometime.
Apparently many of my Christmas presents are in the room. I am tempted to snoop, but I will resist. You may not know this about me, but I am one of those people who are able to pick up a gift, feel it, shift it a bit and tell you exactly what it is. The Mrs. hates this so she will often wrap things in the oddest ways. Two years ago she put a sweater in a tube and told me it was very fragile and not to shake it or it would break. I am pretty hard on my gift givers. So while I have seen boxes I have no idea what’s inside. Except, one decent sized box said Philosophy in large print on the sides. I am dying to know what’s in it!
*My particular tea bags have little saying on them. Sort of like fortunes. I love this! My saying for the morning? “An attitude of gratitude brings you many opportunities.” I love that.
**Did you know I drink my tea in the Chinese fashion? No milk, lemons or honey. Just black with sugar. I think this is because growing up the only time I would have tea is out at Chinese restaurants with my mom. I have tried it with milk, but it really repulses me. I enjoy my tea dark and sweet and my coffee light and bitter. I think sweet coffee is about the grossest thing ever.
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