Good morning everyone. Well, I suppose those of you who celebrate Christmas are all ready, if you haven't already celebrated (aka had your gathering/dinner, opened gifts). I'm mostly ready - have a couple more gifts that are supposed to arrive from Amazon today, but they really won't be needed until sometime in January as they're for my daughter and granddaughter.
We were going to have Christmas tomorrow but my daughter's ex is taking their daughter to PA for Christmas vacation and her found that traveling on Christmas Day would save $$$, so that blew our Christmas. Of course, I'm not sure we'd have been able to have it anyway... my husband left for a cruise on Dec 17 and on the second day he got horrible diarrhea and vomiting. He chose not to seek any medical care on the ship, so we don't know what caused the issue - could have been anything from food poisoning to the flu. He ended up spending the entire cruise onboard the ship - most of it in his room, except for the times he went for food (very few as he was unable to keep much down). The past couple of days, he's been eating a little bit at a time - yesterday, he ate several small meals and kept it all down and the diarrhea has been cleared for several days. He says he's very tired. The ship docked this morning and he's currently on his way home. I'm guessing that once he gets home and gets some rest in his own bed/recliner, he'll perk up pretty quickly. We'll see.
We're supposed to go out to lunch tomorrow but we'll have to see if he feels up to it.
Anyway, I've been very busy all week since husband has been away. Monday was the Holiday luncheon for my calligraphy guild. That was a smashing success. The rest of the week, I stayed home and worked on Christmas presents and other projects. Friday, I did lawn work most of the day and yesterday, I had an appointment to get my hair done, so I met my daughter and granddaughter for lunch, then we went to the nail salon. Daughter and granddaughter, each had a manicure and I had a pedicure. Oh, that felt so good. I really need to start doing that on a regular basis, as it really does calm my neuropathy, even if only for a few hours.
I eat a lot differently when husband isn't home, plus I walked all but one day while he was gone. I haven't weighed today, but on Friday, I was down a pound from last week - yay me!! I'm hoping I can keep it that way, once husband is home and he wants "normal" food, it's likely the weight will come back. We'll have to see. Anyway, I'm happy with it for this week and plan to do my best to keep it up!!
So, that's my story - what about you? Busy getting ready for Christmas? If you don't celebrate Christmas, do you have other activities that take up your time, this time of year?
~~Wishing everyone a wonderful, successful week and a very MERRY CHRISTMAS~~