always keep a cat around

it is a cozy evening.

i have already taken to my bed, i have two cats who are working hard at being asleep by my side (actually, one is partially on my foot), and the other is probably dozing under the christmas tree. i am still trying to figure out if i feel good or not. no vomiting, eating slowly but surely, no fever for 48 hours, but still kinda ugh.

i have gotten nothing done around the house. i am no closer to finishing my christmas shopping than i was this time on sunday. but i have a list. a list to keep me straight. a list and a plan. all is well.

here is what else is on my mind today:

*i am re-reading around the world with auntie mame. it is just entertaining. i have not been much on a t.v kick the last few days, but i have been reading a lot. i did manage to get caught up on the good wife. it never disappoints. good stuff.

*speaking of t.v., i have been semi -sucked into the world of reality with keeping up with the kardashians. laugh and call it shallow all you want (i have the said the same things), but it is just mindlessly entertaining for me. so there you go.

*returning to work tomorrow. ugh. i enjoy my work, but i am never opposed to having time off. it would have been nicer to have three days off from work to clean house and christmas shop then to have threee days off to lay around and not feel good. ah well. it will feel great to get out of the house.

*cats are actually great to have around the house when you are sick. mine were so well-behaved during the worst of it all. it has been as i have been emerging on the other side that they have completely lost their minds. they are so sweet right now, snuggled up with each other next to me, i have almost forgotten about any irritation they caused by destroying my christmas decorations. almost.

*i think i have decided on getting a new comforter in some shade of purple. not exactly a lavender. my room is going to be the first room i start redecorationg so i am really excited. the possibilities are endless!

*the cat who was just so sweet not even thirty seconds ago is now into everything he can find. example: the cute little santa made out of pantyhose, felt, and foam that me mom made probably thirty years ago. he even has cute little glasses and a beard. wtf?

*putting up the christmas tree was hard this year. actually the hardest that it has been since my mom died. there are so many memories on that tree. some of those ornaments have been around since before i was born. a few became casualities of the cats this year. bittersweet.

*i am going to vist my friend's grave with his widow on the one year anniversary of his death. i was printing out some pics for her the other day. again, bittersweet.

*i had to eat my words. my friend's father-in-law.... god, i have known him since i was a kid, got married friday night. i never thought i would see the day he would re-marry. i am entertained by the visions of the conductor suits (complete with ruffles) my friend said the guys had to wear. i am dying to see the pics for the entertainment value alone. seriously, you cannot make this shit up.

*i could seriously go for a burger right now. i think my stomach would hate me forever.

that's all for this installment!

a dozen sugar cookies please

i am sick. like with the flu. the actual flu.

it came out of nowhere. i had worked the saturday afternoon matinee and then rushed to downtown san luis obispo to finish some last minute shopping. my throat felt a little scratchy. i went to dinner with a friend, and my stomach just suddenly didn't feel well. by the time i got back to the theatre, all hell had broken loose in my stomach. i made the drive home (up the grade, in the rain) and proceeded to think about death for the next 12 hours. my friend shanon came over to try to help, but then she was sick, too! we seriously looked like something out of a horror movie. i am starting to emerge on the other side of it all but still not feeling at my top form. ugh!

i am wondering where has all my holiday spirit gome this year? everything has just seemed so forced this year, so out of place, so... not right. part of me felt like it was because something was going to happen, and then the ickies hit me this weekend. i hope that is all it was. christmas is absolutely my favorite time of the year, and i cannot think of one year in the past (except the first christmas after my mom died) that i have not welcomed it with open arms. weird.

the cats are destroying my christmas tree. i actually caught madeline wrestling with the boys from her position in the middle of the tree. they have been playing kick ball with my ornaments. mommy gets sick for a few days, and the whole house goes ass over elbows.

it's rainy here. i love it. we go for so many months without even a hint of room that this is a nice change.

going home next week to spend the holidays with the fam. i'll actually be a lot more excited about it when i have the christmas shopping done and the gifts stuck in the mail. christmas eve with the reverend and the VIP is always pleasant and relaxing especially now that it is just the three of us. we still laugh about the christmas that richard heater was watching women mud wrestling on tv in my living room on christmas eve. when i discovered it, i insisted he turn it off, and then he went to pout in the kitchen. oh yes, christmas has taken a whole new meaning now that it is just the three of us. no scenes, no tension.... just a pleasant evening with two of my favorite people in the world.

i wish i felt like baking cookies. i wish i felt like eating cookies. damn the flu!

that's all for now. this blog was boring, i must admit, but those are the updates in the life of me for the day.