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*sigh*

Today is the last day of my holiday vacation. Since I didn't win or inherit any large sums of money, it's back into the office tomorrow. The upside is that other than a nagging cough, I seem to be cured from whatever ailed me....even the cough is much better today.

I hope everyones Christmas was spectacular. I loathed Christmas for the past several years but with a decision to change my own attitude and a change of focus I find I am able to enjoy them once again. The bottom line is that YOU decide how happy or unhappy you wish to be. Being unhappy and and angry is such a waste of energy and no way to spend the holidays. At the end of my life I don't want to regret time wasted being mad when I should have spent my life trying to be joyful and grateful.

I had mentioned to my sisters during one of our dinners out that I was thinking of taking up the guitar. Imagine my surprise to receive one from them as a gift on Christmas. I was totally blown away. Having been sick the past week I haven't messed with it but I plan to get a tuner and some lessons in short order. My nephew who is really into photography gave me a wonderfully framed photo of a local landmark. Such thoughtful gifts. My gift to myself of course was the new iPod. I'm not sure how much I like it though. Sure, it's new and shiny and slick - however, although slim - it is still much bigger than my iPod 'Nano' which I have a million miles racked up on.

Today, in addition to my 'scheduled' household chores, (yes, I do have a schedule) I need to run a couple of errands and then I intend to make some fudge to take to the office tomorrow. I still have the taste for some beef stew but have also been craving "sloppy joe's" of all things. That's so weird......every now and then I'll get the urge for something off the wall like hot dogs or sloppy joe's. My appetite returned yesterday and I could not stop eating. I had yogurt and bananas, chicken and noodles, some Cheerio's with blueberries and at 10PM last night some scrambled eggs and toast. I made up for days of missed meals in one day! I am hungry again as I type this :)

Enjoy your week!