Playing Catchup

Well, Christmas has come and gone and I'm not sure that I was around for any of it! The last post that I wrote was on December 17th, a Wednesday. The Wednesday after the horrid stomach virus that almost left the entire Telford family for dead. That next day, Thursday, December 18th I returned to work. I work on a geriatric psychiatric unit. For the two reasons people are there, elderly and mentally ill, we try and do things to keep them oriented to date. That day I read on the board, "Thursday, December 18, 2008. 7 Days until Christmas".

What?

Seven days???

How come no one told me? Besides the fact that Quincy has made our lives very different, we did lose a few days when we were sick. When we returned to the world, things had continued without us. Surprise. Anyway, so I just feel like we really didn't have Christmas. My tree is up. Has been since the Sunday after Thanksgiving. However, we never got around to putting any decorations on it. I didn't wrap one single gift. Mainly because we didn't buy one single gift. I did get my mom and John's mom a small something. I gave it to my mom in the brown paper sack that it came in, but did tie a previously used pretty gold ribbon around it. I had good intentions for Christmas cards. I thought that it would be fun to make them. Lack of sleep obviously impairs ones judgement. Some people got em', some didn't. I thought of all of you...some I planned to hand deliver, didn't happen. So, I'll post one below so you can see it. It was a birth announcement/Christmas card. I really did have good intentions and I apologize for not getting them out on time or to everyone. In the days to come I hope to post many catchup posts...they will be out of order and random, welcome to my world:)