Merry Christmas!

 I almost forgot it's Sunday!

 Our Christmas eve dinner last night was lovely.  Everyone, who said they would be coming, came.  The food was great, and being together was even better.

I got to do my usual Christmas eve things...and, though I always miss my family most painfully on this one night of the year, my heart was full.

This morning, I got up and threw frozen biscuits into the oven to bake, and put the coffee on.  We emptied our stockings, and opened our gifts, had our biscuits and cold ham, and I talked to my sister and brother in law.

It's been very nice. 

There are no other plans for today, and we will indulge our new tradition of ordering Chinese food for dinner.

There were a few years when I made an elaborate dinner for myself and Dave on Christmas day, but that's so much work, after several days of SO MUCH WORK to get the house clean, put up decorations, and coordinate a pretty table, and guests....

I'll be making gin punch to sip on, and we will just catch as catch can for a mid day meal.  There's plenty to snack on.

Starting to put stuff back where it was (we clear off lots of surfaces for this party, and there's nowhere to put any of the stuff other than load it into my office and close the door, HAHA!), and am doing the table cloth and napkins laundry.

Tomorrow, we have one more day off, and will take down the rest of the decorations, and put the tree back in the shed.

This has been a lovely break from work.  I am SO glad I got the day after Winter Solstice/Yule off from work!  Not only was it a nice way for me to experience my religious holiday, but it gave us an extra day to get stuff done for Christmas.

Even though there was a minor blizzard that day, with killing cold, and 60 mile per hour winds.  We were able to get our errand done, and got back home safely, and had the rest of the day to start getting ready for Christmas Eve.

In other news, we are still waiting for insurance to authorize my new treatment plan.  I will be going back into IV treatment, and will be "in the chair" every three weeks, indefinitely.

(Unless the new protocol doesn't work, or I react badly, this will go on indefinitely)

I guess I should be glad that I have hundreds of hours of sick time saved up at work, as I will have to start taking a half day off every three weeks, just like the "old days."

Both my doc and nurse are feeling confident that I will tolerate this medication well, and my nurse said I shouldn't lose my hair again, either, so that was good news.

I'm just relieved that we have a plan.  I can put it out of my mind now, until we start to schedule the infusions.

Hope you've had a lovely winter holiday time, and I'll see you next year!