okay, i've survived. i'm semi well again. it's a good thing. for a while there i had such a low voice that my friends at work were calling me 'fog horn.' it was...interesting. thank you all for your care and concern!

i can't believe that christmas is right around the corner. it's very surreal. there is no snow, no family and it doesn't feel like christmas. it's strange. i'll be in phoenix for christmas day. it'll be fun.

today was my dads birthday. he would have been 59. thats even stranger.

i would like to take this opportunity to apologize to my friend ambers husband, ryan, who is a doctor. i did not mean to add to the rising immunity of antibiotics. i was desperate! i much prefer to see a doctor and actually be diagnosed. i promise i won't do it again. uncle mark, you are correct. grandpa holt probably would have flown out here to inform me that i was not doing the right thing.

two of my clients at work gave me christmas presents already. one gave me a card with a poem she had written (she's about 85) and a check for $25 and the other gave me a gift card for the movie theatre. my days off just got a little exciting!

i'm sorry again ryan, please let amber still be my friend. :o)