Skipping Christmas

No, I haven't seen the movie...yet. But I read the book when it first came out. It's a great book and I hope to enjoy the movie too. The basic message of the book is simple though. It's about the importance of being with family at Christmas. Time with the people we love is time well spent, even at the cost of things that at the moment seem more important. Time with family, once lost, can never be reclaimed. I have my daughter, my mom, my brother and my sis-in-law to celebrate Christmas with. It's one of the few times we're able to all be together. I'm deeply saddened that we can't all be together this year. It just won't be the same without my brother, sis-in-law and their bird, Chipper.

As for a life update...My new job has kept me busy. I have the keys to my office and over the TG weekend I dragged my mom & daughter with me to my new office to move the desk. It's not a small desk and it's very heavy. It's one of those L shaped things, with drawers on each end. But we got it moved to the opposite wall where I wanted it. And, for the first time, I'm actually going to frame my degrees and hang them on the wall.

Thanksgiving was nice. My mom's been visiting and we went to Cracker Barrel instead of cooking. I did get my oven fixed, in case you were wondering, but why cook a huge turkey dinner for three people...one of who does not like turkey?! After dinner we went to urgent care. No, we didn't get food poisening! I've been sick with bronchitis and my asthma was acting up and then I got a cold on top of it all. I wasn't breathing very well, my cough was worse and we thought it would just be a good idea for me to see a doctor. I'm feeling a little better now on the asthma side but the cold is still going strong.