I am still not feeling a world of well. But today I stopped taking diamox, so hopefully that will make the nausea and the dizziness go away. I can only hope. And then also hope that the pressure in my right eye stays low. Then perhaps I can feel okay for christmas. Wouldn’t that be nice?

Yesterday was quite good for the christmas spirit, as I received not one but two, count ’em, presents in the mail. Very nice.

From Clare I got a DVD of ‘The Mitchell & Webb Look’, which I do not know. But BBC comedy is usually quite excellent so I’m sure I will enjoy it. Thanks a lot Clare!

From Debster and Sam came wonderfully warm socks and shirt. Very nice. Thank you Deb! Those socks will keep my poor feet warm when I go see the goats.

I wish I could have gotten everyone presents or at least homemade goat cards this year. But I hope you’ll understand that it’s a little much to deal with in my current situation. And with my amazon offer this has easily been the most expensive christmas for me ever. If you count the presents I bought in late Novemeber then I am over 500 dollars. And I’ll be getting my parents a more expensive present than usual as well, to thank them for all the help they have given me this year. So certainly I have done mine to uphold the commercialism of christmas!

Meanwhile I am enjoying my audiobooks. I am on my third now. Finished Craig Ferguson’s autobiography and went on to The Pythons: Autobiography by the Pythons and am now on Michael Palin’s Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years. I quite like auobiographies and pop culture and such. And Monty Python. I still miss the feeling of having a physical book there and turning the pages. But the audibook does give something else, at least in the case of these books. Because they are narrated by the writers themselves. Hearing the writer of an autobiography read it does make you feel a little like you’re getting closer to the ‘voice of the author’ or whatever. That is quite nice.

And that is all for now. I hope you’re all enjoying the christmas spirits.

I am not feeling great.

My stomach is not at all well. My back and neck are hurting. My head hurts a little sometimes and is just dizzy and woozy from diamox. And the eye is a little strained from the laser proecdure. And I am very tired all the time.

It’s not completely horrible, it’s just not all that great. And I did throw up a little the night before last. Feel like I am about to again now. Probably won’t, though.

Also it’s very cold. Denmark has been hit by a lot of snow. It makes me a little sad, that I can’t go out and enjoy it. Partly because I don’t know how well my cane would work in the snow, and partly because I can’t stand the cold anymore. My poor circulation. I used to withstamd freezing temperatures with ease. Not so anymore.

I can’t believe there is only a week till christmas. I’ll be celebrating at my parents’ of course. Uncle Jens will be with us, so that should be nice. If I’m lucky he may be able to come pick me up in his car. That would make things easier. By the time I’ll be going home he will probably have had something to drink, though, so I’ll probably have to walk home in the dark, quite possibly in snow. That’s not going to be fun. But maybe I’ll take a taxi or something. Even though it’s a short way. Anyway, I won’t let that ruin the christmas mood. I’m sure it will be nice. If I can just stay out of the hospital for the holidays then I’ll be happy.

That’s all I want for christmas, Santa.