Brrr and Lots of Randomness

First and foremost, thanks for the get better wishes. I'm starting to feel like a person again and appreciate you thinking of me.

For those who have called and texted, y'all rock. I have been feeling the healing vibes and I so very much feel your love.

Thank you for respecting my desire to be left alone and still knowing to check up on me. I only wanted to be alone so I didn't subject you to this crap.

Guess what I woke up to this morning?

SNOW.

About half an inch. We are supposed to get more overnight and again throughout the week.

It was melted when I woke up again this afternoon but this morning's touch of a winter wonderland was very pretty.

The highs this week aren't going to get above 35-40. Winter anyone?

Don't hate T. Your bones would be hurting in this cold and woman, the wind is FIERCE.

Speaking of waking up and sleeping. I've been sleeping so much with this round of strep. I feel a lot like a bear in hibernation. Life is just passing me by but gosh darnit if my body says rest, rest I will.

My throat is still painful but not anything like it was earlier this week. The fever has been gone for a few days now. I am still nauseous (lovely side effect of the drug the doc put me on). I haven't really eaten anything of substance since last Tuesday.

I stepped on the scale today and I'm down 5. Nice but not at the expense of how I achieved it. Know what? I wish I wasn't so vain to step on the scale to see if I'd lost weight either. There are times I dislike being a woman. Men usually don't give a rat's ass about their weight and certainly wouldn't be saying, "Nice. I lost 5 pounds from being sick." Are we ever satisfied with our appearance?

Let me see if I can make it through a full day back to work tomorrow. I'll probably want to crawl under my desk and take a nice long nap. I do have a blanket in my desk and keep a travel pillow in my car along with another blanket so ya' know, I could make this happen...I won't. I'm just saying.

I wish I had something really exciting to share with you but I really don't.

The most exciting thing I can share with you is for kicks I took the girl's collars off so I wouldn't hear the jingle of their bell when they crawled all over me and huddled next to me in bed or on the couch.

They are sporting them again tonight. It was pretty freaky having Jasmine sneak up on me. Princess is always in stealth mode so nothing new there but Jasmine without the bell, me no likey.

Oh, and I finished watching season 2 of Nip/Tuck. Now I need to watch season 3 and I will be all caught up. I currently DVR season 4. I am not sure why I didn't give this show a chance when it first came out. I'm a watcher of it now. Anyone else out there a fan?

So, that's about it folks. Nothing much going on here. BORING I know. Hey, I want to be better too. :)

This month may be pretty boring all around however. It is a crazy time of the year for me workwise. Ok, I know I have said that before but seriously it is. And the holiday parties are about to begin. And I have decided I might be boycotting the boys this month. Think I can?

Speaking of holiday parties. I'm getting a lot smack from some co-workers about not bringing a date to the leadership party. They are like, "It is not like you don't have someone to bring. Just choose one!" My reply? If I bring one of them to a company event, that includes an overnight stay, with the people I work the closest with and work for, can lead to places I don't need.

Catch what I am saying?

Choose one of them over the others and have them think something that is not going on.

Choose one of them to escort me to a function I am more than capable of going to alone, which by the way, you are never alone at these things, and have the date think the relationship is heading in a more serious direction.

Choose one of them and have them think now we're getting to a point of spending the holiday together, meet the family, exchange presents, etc.

Choose one of them and subject the poor guy to being grilled by my work peeps.

I could be way off base and thinking more than I need to on this but honestly, I'm fine with going to the party alone. I've got a few days to decide if I want to bring one of my girls as my "date". Now that could get them talking too. Sheesh. Sometimes the holidays are more stress than they are worth.

I wanna' be a kid again. No worries. Just getting caught up in the joy of all of what the season has to bring. I'm going to do my best this year to do just that.

Oh and Katherine, guess what I'll be wearing to at least two of the holiday parties? If you guessed black wrap dress, vamped toes in the peek-a-boos, with sparkly accessories, you'd be right!