By Sunday, December 5th, the trees were up in the house and our bedroom was decked out in Charlie Brown Christmas. All the other decoration tubs were still strewn around the basement waiting to be emptied. That was because I was knocked down Friday with a sinus infection. Larkin had come for the morning and we had fun but as the hours progressed, my head got worse and worse and by lunchtime, I was not feeling well at all. I was to have taken Larkin back home in the afternoon to give piano lessons to Noah, Lucy, and Quinn but I had to cancel and just stay in bed. I was supposed to have my two Columbia cello students here on Saturday morning for lessons but I cancelled them, too and went to urgent care instead where I was first tested for Covid (negative, of course) and then prescribed antibiotics and that has made all the difference! I did manage to get to the orchestra dress rehearsal Saturday afternoon and by Sunday, I felt well enough to do the Frontenac Strings rehearsal in the morning, attend church at noon, and play in the Civic Orchestra concert that night. I rested as much as I could all weekend and between that and the medicine, I am feeling so much better today. I am SO thankful for this because it is Christmas and there is NO TIME TO BE SICK!!!! Happily, all my gifting was finished weeks ago but there is still plenty of other things to do. Like finish decorating the house and baking....
The week started out simply enough - a regular Monday with doing finances, shopping at Walmart... Tuesday we had a morning endowment session and we bought our Christmas tree that afternoon. I had orchestra rehearsal that evening. Wednesday was NOT a typical day - I was invited to attend a monthly meeting of a sewing/needlecraft group who call themselves the "Happy Hookers" and who are comprised of a gaggle of little old (and I mean ancient) ladies. They mostly knit and crochet items to be donated to assorted charities but they also have a sewing contingent and that is where I will be helping. Since Days For Girls has backed off lately (due to travel restrictions because of Covid), I need some sewing projects to keep me busy while I watch Jeopardy so I will become a "Happy Hooker"! Wednesday afternoon, I had my annual mammogram and I started a new cello student - my first in-person one here in St. Louis. Yay! That evening, while I set up trees and put lights on them, Steve went with the ward youth to the holiday lights at the zoo. He said it was very nice. I was invited to go but, having just walked all around the zoo the previous week, my body said "no thank you". Thursday, we had Sam and her bulldog, Blue, at our house all day as they were refinished her bathtub in her apartment and the fumes were such that she needed to be out for eight hours. We filled the day with Aldi shopping in the morning and decorating the Christmas trees in the afternoon. You already know about the rest of the week so I will close with photos of Larkin and of what decorations we currently have up...
These sheep were made by Emily back when she was a teen. I love them... They are decorating my bathroom
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