bleah...

I feel like crap this morning... headache... nausea... no idea why, really.

At least it didn't snow today. They were throwing around talk of 2-4 inches up here... 5" + in the city. I woke up today and...? Not a flake. What the hell? Not that I'm complaining, but... get it right, people.

Spent a good chunk of yesterday shopping with the wife. My wife bought some Xmas things, but mostly we bought things for ourselves. I needed snowboots and some jeans... a new scarf. (Long! All my current scarfs are too short and stumpy.) I also bought a new light-tan mock turtleneck. I'm wearing it today with my dark-brown blazer. I call it my "homage to Carl Sagan". (Dave's Wife: "I can't believe you're CULTIVATING that look!")

I finally did get some Xmas shopping done for the wife. Pajamas. Some iPod Nano accessories for the Nano she's planning on buying... an armband exercise-holder, a $15 iTunes gift card, etc. A few stocking stuffers. And a fairly pricey coffee machine. I know, I know... appliances for Xmas... but this is for HER... I don't drink coffee, and she frequently expresses dissatisfaction with the current coffee-making setup. This one grinds AND brews AND has a timer. In other words, you can put whole beans and 2 cups of water in it and have coffee ready in the morning. It will be a hit, I think, and count as the "big" present.

I did some grading this weekend, but not at ALL as much as I wanted/needed to. I'm very unhappy with myself about that.

Xmas has come to the Dr. Dave house. It looks like Santa's fucking workshop exploded... half-emptied bins of decorations EVERYWHERE. It's awful. The tree is about 3/4 decorated... ugh. We have about 2 weeks to get the house together in time for the Boy's b'day party and then our neighborhood Xmas party. Yes, we're throwing a Christmas party. No, I don't know what's wrong with us.