Tis The Season

The weekend after Thanksgiving, I trudged upstairs to the attic to bring down all of the Christmas decorations. That same weekend, I started feeling a little under the weather. I managed to get the Nativity scene set up (no baby Jesus till Christmas...), but that was about it for the weekend.


During the week, I started to feel worse--coughing fits, constant nose-blowing, and a general feeling of "ick." All I got accomplished on the decorating front was unpacking all of the ornaments and piling them on my dining room table.

After taking two sick days at the end of the week, I finally broke down and went to see the doctor. The diagnosis: I had walking pneumonia!

The good news was that the prescription meds would have me feeling much better much quicker! So this past Sunday, I was finally able to finish setting up the Christmas tree.

I fluffed all of the wiry artificial branches, then added the lights. Finally, all of the ornaments which had been adorning the table were tranferred to the tree. Ta-da! It's officially my second Christmastime in my house...