Ten days til Xmas Eve!

I’ve been a bit lazy and low-key with entries so far this month, so I’ll try and make this a longer one.

First today – the moany bit. I’ve been feeling poorly AGAIN. Either that bloody ‘supercold’ came back at me again, or I’ve picked up another cold just a few days after shaking off the remnants of the previous one, or its not a cold at all and is something else entirely, which is manifesting cold-like symptoms that keep returning on a weekly basis. I’m trying not to think too much about Option 3 there, but I do have some deep-rooted hypochondriac tendencies, so it’s difficult not to worry.

Philippa has had her booster jab, but I haven’t. I want to try and get one in the next week or so, because we don’t want our family Xmas plans scuppered by the pesky Omicron. I’m not going to mention any more about that though, because quite frankly I’m sick to death of the whole bloody thing and don’t want to waste any more sentences on it.

What have you missed re: advent calendars? Well, I’ve given up on the chocolate one, as every day was a square of Dairy Milk and it was getting a bit samey, and the non-chocolate one has fallen out of favour a bit, although I’m continuing to open the windows. It concerns me that the main picture is a lovely, traditional nativity scene, yet all the daily pictures are of the commercial side of Christmas. In the past few days I’ve had a sleigh, a Santa hat, a stocking, and some tinsel. Next year I might just make my own and be done with it. Or get someone else to make one for me, so the pictures are still a surprise.

Work has been a great deal of fun. The last two weeks have been like the last few days at school – we’re all in cheery mood, no-one is working too hard and there’s lots of Christmassy treats being brought in on a daily basis. January will be busier as we sort out permanent residents vacating for their annual month away, but that doesn’t need tackling yet and is not impeding on our relaxation and enjoyment of December. There may have been odd days of stress and pain this year, and there may have been long times where I felt completely clueless and out of my depth, but I’m so glad I made the career change.

RC 14-12-21