Bearing Gifts We Travel Afar

After a Christmas/Birthday lunch with Tiger's mom, brother, and sister-in-law at a well-loved local place (quite lovely and very Christmas-y), Tiger, Lily and I headed to my old home town despite the terrible weather. It took us five hours to make the 2.25 hour drive(!). It was like we were on Hoth. Seriously, we might have done better on Taun-Tauns. I've heard of "blowing snow" and "whiteout" conditions my whole life, but now I feel that I have personally experienced them.
Everyone is sick except my dad. Tiger and I both ended up going to the local Hospital this morning. Fortunately it's just a little virus; I thought I'd best be careful with my compromised immune system.

I've been off pain-killers for two days now. Yay! I wanted to as soon as possible for Lily's sake. She's still a bit jumpy still when I leave the room, poor kid. My absence seems to have strengthened her relationship to Tiger, which is beautiful to see. Thank you to everyone who telephoned, emailed, or visited while I was out of commission. I felt the love!

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night ;-)