Merry surreal Christmas everyone!!!

I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and spread some joy.  My Christmas is definitely a surreal one this year.

I got a nasty little sinus infection about a week ago and being viral, there was no magic pill that would make it go away, no antibiotic would clear it up.  The infection itself was not so bad except for the fact that for some reason it caused me to get a three-day long, virtually non-stop migraine headache--one of the worst I have ever had.  Making matters even stranger, my wife and youngest daughter were planning on going up to my parents' house for Christmas--a four hour drive.  But yesterday, the headache was truly awful.  I was nauseous, had vertigo, and the migraine medications we had at home were barely touching the headache.  I really did not want to get in the car and drive four hours with that kind of headache and that kind of vertigo & nausea.  I told my wife that I just did not want to go.  She understood, but my daughter really wanted to see her grandparents and I totally understand.  So my wife drove my daughter up to my parents' house for Christmas while I stayed behind alone to get better.

The good news is that I did get a break from the headache late yesterday evening!  Great!  This was the first time in 3 days that it let up!  But here I sit early in the morning on Christmas day alone in my house--this is definitely a very surreal Christmas this year.  Don't get me wrong, I am not whining or complaining.  I needed to get better and I am very glad that I did.  Its just an odd experience.

So to everyone reading this, Merry Christmas.  This will be one of those oddball Christmas stories that I tell years later.  In the meantime I will just enjoy making the memory and wish for the very best for everyone else.



Merry Christmas!!

Eric

P.S.  It is also a balmy 65 degrees!  This feels more like mid-June!  Ah well--it adds to the peculiarity.

Merry surreal Christmas!

(I’m at my dad’s place in STL just now so sharing your balmy weather…but not the infection.)

Merry Christmas everyone!

At the risk of being a downer, I am once again unable to be with my family this holiday season. They are on the other side of the country in North Carolina and I cannot financially make it happen. I'm not letting it get to me though and I am glad to be a part of this community. I hope you are all with your loved ones today and don't EVER take it for granted.

merry christmas to all and well wishes Eric!

nothing surreal here as long as I avoid the news

we have balmy weather also...forecast for 80F!

I am sitting a little east of St Louis. So, I am enjoying the same weather.  I did manage to get a couple of wreaths hung on the fireplace, but that is it for Christmas decorations this year.  We were faced with a series of crises beginning Thanksgiving….all resolved now.  I suppose there is a surreal aspect. We have been involved in a major house cleaning.  Probably 100 bags of stuff have  gone to the Salvation Army, recycling, and garbage since Thanksgiving.   Too many items were gifts…still in their boxes….from people who have no clue as to who we are …George Forman Grill, electric knife, electric skillet, microwave (we have 3), etc. We are also involved in a major plastic dump. No relatives visiting or being visited…which I do give thanks for.

I see my first line got dropped:  Merry Christmas everyone.

Merry Christmas! And I do hope you get well soon indeed. I remember once as a child having to sit out from my family's Christmas due a nasty migraine. It's no fun, but I'm glad you're making the best of it
May holiday cheer cure us all of our ails!

Merry Christmas to all, may your Christmas be merry and bright!

As usual, ours is quiet and peaceful in our woods in the Texas Hill Country.

The big day will be tomorrow ....

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas all!

Hang in there all!

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

My eldest sister was notorious for getting sick every Christmas. Don't know why she would, but she would totally empathize with Eric Hanson! Being left alone at home while the rest of us went off to visit.

Cheers and everyone stay safe and well!

Thanks for the well-wishes everyone!

My family is back home and it feels good to have more people back in the house.  The cats just don’t make good conversationalists.

The headache has been on-and-off, more off so that has been good.  Tomorrow I will go get tested for a couple of bugs—including mono.  My youngest daughter has mono right now and is feeling guilty that she gave it to me.  I just want her to know that she is automatically off the hook, but that’s not her style.



Eric