Oh my gosh, this flu was the worst thing of its sort to hit me in many many years. I only lasted 2 hours at work on Thursday, and had to come back home. Since then I have had chills, fevers, sore throat, runny nose, a hacking cough, insomnia, and other symptoms better left unspoken. It has hit the whole city pretty hard, I understand they are even closing some schools to slow it down. The worst of it seems over, but boy I tell you, it was a rough rough ride! I don't know that I will risk leaving the house much this weekend.

On the streets there are more and more decorations, and of course Armenian Christmas is still 2 weeks away. I am going to take a few days off, in combination with all of the holidays coming up to get a nice break. In Armenia you get 3 days off for New Years, the 31st, 1st and 2nd. Isn't that great? Then there is the 25th for American Christmas, and Bush declared the 26th a day off this year for federal employees, so it turned out quite nicely.

My brain is still a bit foggy, so I think that's enough for now.