yay!

I'm really feeling much better & am in a pretty good mood, too. I was able to eat real, honest-to-god food today... twice! Now it's all about putting back the lbs. that I lost.

Chris & Steph gave me a beautiful belt buckle for Christmas- it's red and actually kind of reminds me of a shell in the way it's textured. Given my recent (somewhat unadvertised) obsession with seashells, it's a pretty great gift.

I started feeling more in the holiday spirit today. But I haven't done one lick of holiday preparation- not even Christmas cards. The only two gifts I'm going to buy are for my niece and nephew. I feel terrible about it, but between being sick and finals and all of the craziness going on, I just ran out of time. My actual Christmas plans consist of staying home and unpacking. Before anyone gets all up in my grill to "rescue" me from being alone on Christmas, I will just say that that is exactly what I want to be doing and am politely declining all other offers. It's my one day off in this shitstorm of a season and I'm going to savor it.