5th December: ill

Scraping the barrel a bit by now re: things to strop about. Will have to really make an effort not to write something disappointing on the 24th.

Today has been plagued with ill health. It was inevitable (see insomnia related post), but the severity is rarely lessened just because it was expected. I am feeling mightily sorry for myself today. The throat is raw. I won't begin to describe the nausea. On the plus side the fever means that the heating doesn't have to be on so much.

I did visit the German market before heading home today. I don't know when these markets became so popular, but they are quite quaint and heartwarming. Sod the wooden toys, though - far too expensive. I ate cheese on a stick, marvelled at the wurst and laughed at the "stollen" items (did take a picture but won't upload as want to go to bed...). I didn't see the garlic tent, which saddened me (for those who do not know, the garlic tent is a tent in the shape of a giant garlic. Amazing).

I have just realised that I haven't mentioned my advent calendar in my advent blog yet. My mother wraps a gift for each day; marvellous! Today I received pink socks. You can see the gifts under the tree, now that I have edited the previous posts.

hurrah!

Moon. xxx