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 problem I'd miss. And I called around for repairs, but everyplace in town is backlogged a couple weeks. In the end, a new dryer seemed the swiftest and surest route, albeit perhaps not the cheapest.

That's the good and bad of the holiday.

Comments

  1. alynnwellsDecember 28, 2005 at 6:40 PM

    You're something like 800 miles away. How did I manage to give you my bronchitis? o.O I hope you feel better, chico, and good luck with the dryer. *hugs*

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  2. marinredwolfDecember 28, 2005 at 6:57 PM

    Since I looked up my symptoms, I've wondered the same thing...

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  3. kyn_elwynnDecember 28, 2005 at 8:27 PM

    Tea with honey.

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  4. slydyrDecember 30, 2005 at 6:51 AM

    rum with honey.

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  5. slydyrDecember 30, 2005 at 6:52 AM

    but seriously, I'm sorry your christmas wasn't great. Hope the next year improves though :)

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