Holiday, Good And Bad

[serinde]

Last year, I had an arm injury over the fall/winter, and did not want to cope with The Full Thanksgiving Monty; so I declared it Cheesegiving, got a pre-made ham, and invited people to bring cheese or cheese-related/adjacent articles. This proved very successful, so I reprised it this year. And again, I think it worked well (except me rolling a botch on the details of one guest's specific food sensitivities - not catastrophic, but inhospitable and I felt very bad about it), but in spite of the supposed idea being "a lot less work", somehow I was quite exhausted in both the run-up and the wind-up. We did have my sister and new brother-in-law staying over for two nights; not that they are difficult house guests, far from it, but since it was the first time they have visited us here, it may be I was frelling about it more than was necessary.

However, both S. and I started feeling a bit crook Saturday, and as of today it is clear that we are both suffering a full-blown cold. It would seem that the host-gift was piping-hot Bostonian germs, oh boy. (Does not appear to be COVID, flu, or any of the other more concerning viruses, at least.) Once again, I do not really have time for this - bad enough that my weekend's housework plans are derailed, but my job between now and the Christmas break is going to be deeply intense & stressful, and I need all of the energy and brains I can muster.

I have laid in much soup and herbal tea.