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Bleh.

Not the best Christmas ever. Possibly my worst, but not terrible either way. I've had worse regular days. Picked up Resident Evil 4 going into the weekend. 'tis easily one of the most difficult games I've played in years. My daily progress is usually playing a scene and dying until frustrated, then coming back later and finally getting through a couple areas until getting creamed by another host of villagers or a boss. Oy. Opened presents early (though still on Christmas day), then went back to sleep. The scratchy throat I had Saturday developed into what I now suspect is a case of acute bronchitis. I feel better than yesterday, so my plan remains to take it easy and see if it improves. I got a fair bit of money for Christmas. Yay. The dryer, however, reached the point of being unservicable. Boo. So about half that Christmas money is going to a new dryer. Oh, I considered getting parts and trying to fix it myself, but I'm afraid there might be an underlying proble

Relief?

Well, let's see... - I've received my Christmas bonus. So while the holiday isn't going to be any cheaper than any others, I'm no longer in quite so tight a spot as to have to keep an eye on my bank account with each expenditure. - My shopping is done. I've a couple things at home to wrap, but everything else is in the (usually capable) hands of various shipping agencies. Altogether, I guess Christmas isn't looming as nastily as it was. Not that it's a day I'm really looking forward to over any other either. I guess it's something, though.