the festive sneezin'

i've just taken my first over the counter medicine (except painkillers) for like a year! i hate doing it but i'm off to southend today to meet up for lunch with the girlies i was in africa with and have been up sneezing my nose off since 7am. yuck. i'm like a little snot factory...so finally caved in and took some day nurse. and as i'm washing it down with green tea and jasmine i should be speedy gonzalez in half an hour! o dear, but needs must!

now i understand why yesterday i was stuck in bed til around 4pm...too fatigued to get up and do anything = but still managed to get out and buy some paint to do the kid's bedroom before she comes back next friday! i've only got a few days to get it painted and carpeted - luckily the fiance's friend bob is going to sort it all for us while i'm at work this week, phew.

so let's hope this is just a little cold and that i've got some good energetic days coming. especially as i've got a busy month ahead of me! i've finally been able to sort some time off work to go home at xmas...it was stressful but it finally happened after lots of tears and spreadsheets.

my friend/director finally figured they could get some cover so i could see my family. so i texted me daughter i've got tickets to come home and her reply was that she had flights for london! so she comes here then goes back and 2 days later i follow her...

then xmas with the family, then see lil bro and his kid from the 27th when they get back from montana and hopefully a lovely chilled out sightseeing train ride up the coast to san francisco for new years eve. and also any cousins that are going to be around then!!!!

and somehow also see my lovely mormon 'twin' (yes i am the evil one) that lives in arizona as i miss her soooo much and get my eyebrows tattooed = hopefully not at the same time though as getting my eyebrows tattooed makes me sneeze.

and now i've come full circle!

*achoo*