All Manner of Pressing Issues

I have been battling cold-type junk on and off since the end of October. I knew I was at my breaking point Wednesday when I skipped our faculty holiday party and an event Wednesday night because I was sick. I took Thursday off (gasp!) to go to the doctor and the doctor recommended I stay home today, too. I am already on the mend.

I have been home with this little thing. Yesterday she was really restless, but hopefully she’ll be more relaxed today. I have already told her that if she isn’t calm by 11:00, she’s going to day care!

Other than being home with Olivia, two other good things have come out of being sick: 1) I have gotten to knit. and 2) I watched a movie (The Family Stone). Well and really there is a third thing too… 3) I found the Yule Log on On Demand. How have I missed this?? I have a ways to go on the stocking cap yet. I need to weave in the ends and I am going to line it with fleece. I hope to have this finished by Monday.

It is supposed to snow this weekend. Emails have already been flying around in my running group about whether or not we should run. What? How is that even a question. YES we should run! I have never gotten to run in the snow before, so Saturday will be a first for
me! The consensus was that we will run, but we will not attempt to cross Key Bridge.

Would you believe that not one cup of egg nog has been poured in this house? I have not been able to find the low-fat version and I cannot bring myself to drink the regular kind. Not one cookie has been put in the cute snowman cookie jar either! I only have 4 days left here before we leave to go home, so I better get on the ball! Having a few days off has for some reason put me more in the Christmas spirit. I am going to make a list of things to bake over the weekend. I might even get crazy and drink some regular egg nog.

To all of my friends who get out of school today… I am jealous. I have students all the way until 1:30 on the 23rd. Yes, you read that correctly.