So, Christmas. Things were ruined yet again, but this time more for me than the others. I thought I was going to dodge it. It appeared to be going that way, but unfortunately I had to get Covid too late. I started having this tickle in my throat all day. I think that was on the 18th, if it wasn't the day before. But the night of the 18th I had gunk ( Read more... )

I finished Hope Springs Eternal yesterday, which is the second Carol Reed mystery. I thought it was decent. I think I liked the first game a little more. Seemed like there were a lot of locations this time and I couldn't be bothered to visit each area over and over again when I got stuck. This game also includes a bypass feature for the mechanical ( Read more... )

Happy New Year! My New Year's Eve was all right. I went over to Donna and Eric's house with my parents. I think I did the same thing last year too. This time a couple other neighbors were invited too. I didn't expect that. I didn't realize who they were until my mom told me who they were. They were the parents of Donna and Eric's daughter's friend ( Read more... )

Yesterday we went up to the apple farm in Oak Glen, and this time Donna went along with us. It's THE thing to do in the Fall. We did the usual stuff of buying cheese and fudge. That's a must. We also saw the animals at the animal park, and I ended up buying this really nice dolphin blanket they had for sale there. It was pretty crowded, but I had a ( Read more... )

So, the swine flu is at the pandemic level now. I know this is horrible to say, but I have to admit this is kind of exciting. :P

We met up with Donna for lunch on Wednesday and then went to Best Buy and Borders. I got Sherlock Holmes Vs. Jack the Ripper and Warbreaker like I said I would, but I also got Bellwether by Connie Willis. It's about a ( Read more... )

So, the inaugural ball last night was all right. Some of the music was meh. They kept teasing me by playing a song right before the commercial break that I would have wanted to hear, but they never played it ( Read more... )