Come down with the
flu.
I gave up and crawled into bed on December 21st. I would not have cared had the Mayans been right, after all. The also-afflicted-but-Darling Huz insisted that I try to eat something on the 23rd, bless his heart. I managed to drag myself up onto the scales to see how much of a toll the fasting had taken, but didn't feel well enough to gloat over the 5 pound loss. ( I do NOT recommend this method of dropping the Final 5.) The bad news is that our holidays completely sucked, but the good news is that I was too miserable to care!
We are both feeling better
(finally!) and the five pounds are back where they belong. I didn't
get to don a single sequin or bit of bling or feel like wearing
anything even vaguely festive. But since no cloud is without its
brighter lining, I decided to spend my long recuperative sojourn on
the couch learning how to get around in SketchBook Mobile on my
Kindle Fire. I figured out enough to make an Anime-Me ( or Janime,
as I think of her) on this thoroughly nifty little app.
This is what I wore during
the entire holiday season, completely accessorized, with only slight variations when
self-respect and basic hygiene demanded a change of clothing.
I send you all
belated-but-heartfelt wishes for a Happy New Year. Mine's getting
better already!
