Sunday, Dec. 1

December 1...Christmas right around the corner. The first two weeks of the month are loaded with events, but it looks like I might have to miss some of them, thanks to this lingering malady. Today, for instance, there was a tour of historic homes scheduled. The weather was nice for the tour, and I usually enjoy seeing the old homes decorated for Christmas. But I just wasn't up to it today.

I'll also miss water aerobics all week, but I do hope I'll feel well enough to attend the Christmas party on Friday. There's a charity bingo Tuesday night, benefiting the Literacy Council; a tree lighting on Thursday at noon, sponsored by Caring Hands Hospice; two evening basketball games at the college; and the graham cracker cookie Christmas house workshop on Saturday. Some of my great-grandchildren are hoping to attend that, so I hope I'll be well. And I hope that predictions for possible wintry weather do not come to pass to cancel the event.

I'm still coughing today, and my diaphragm is really sore from all that coughing. But I think I might not be coughing as much. Family has urged me to see my doctor, though I think there is little that can be done, since antibiotics are not prescribed for colds or viruses, and this is one or the other, or a combination of both, I think. But if I'm still hacking in the morning, I'll consider seeing a doctor.

Slept late this morning (when I could sleep, with the coughing). Sis accompanied Mother to our house around 9 a.m., and we spent the morning watching animated Christmas shows on DVD.

Lunch was Thanksgiving dinner one more time, after which I bagged up a lot of the leftovers for Sis to take home. Hubbie and I are not crazy about leftover turkey, but Sis will find creative ways to use it.

After lunch, Mother and Sis finished a jigsaw puzzle they started yesterday, and then mid-afternoon, Sis headed home.

Mother was ready to go home too, so Hubbie accompanied here. Then we wasted the rest of the afternoon and evening watching TV. Doing laundry and sending e-mail messages to friends. One was to thank my former Literacy Council student for a Thanksgiving message she left on my land line, and the other was to one of the water aerobics ladies to tell her I will not be attending sessions this week. Whenever anyone is missing from aerobics for a while, we all start worrying, so I thought I'd better let someone know why I'll be absent.