*cough* *hack* zzzzz

I left work at 3:30 and after dropping some presents off at my last family's house, I was done. Done! Until January 3rd. YES.

I am still coughing. I hate coughing because it causes so much other crap - lack of sleep, headache, people not wanting to be next to your germy self... I coughed from about 2am until about 5am and that seriously cut into my sleep time. I need to make that up somehow, but I'm still coughing. Yuck-o.

Tonight we head down to RI to spend the night with my grandparents so we can go to Foxwoods tomorrow. I don't know what we're doing for dinner. Jen was going to try to come home early because she wasn't feeling good but I haven't heard from her so I'm guessing that's a no. Poor Smoochie.

There are a million things that need to be done before Christmas. Jen is working on Christmas Eve (argh, I hate retail) so I'm guessing I'll be spending the day cleaning the house, doing laundry, and getting ready for our Florida trip. I've had to do at least one extra errand every day this week in preparation, like getting more cat food, getting an oil change, etc. I realize that I'm the one with the car, but sometimes it really sucks being the person responsible for all of the errands - especially since I'm the person who also has to remember all of the errands and cram them into my schedule.

I feel like I could fall asleep right now and sleep until tomorrow. We're supposed to get together with my high school friend, Mike, tonight for coffee and then it's up bright and early with the grandparents.

When does it actually start being /vacation/?

Thank yous

Thank you to everyone who sent us a holiday card this year. We love mail.

Thank you to Carina, who always thinks of us with little trinkets (even if we haven't opened them yet).

Thank you to Tim for the DVDs. You are such a good friend (and not just because you buy us stuff).

Thank you to Emmy for the copy of the Harry and the Potters CD. I have heard so much about them but now I can't wait to give them a listen!

Thank you to some of my families who went out of their way to get me gifts for the holidays, which is totally unnecessary and not at all part of the job.

Thank you to my brother for the fat cat art. Viva la fat cat!

Thank you to everyone who has helped make 2005 a little less sucky. We LURVE you!