Wow, so this thing is really powerful, my throat still hurts, and I am still coughing. They say it will be like this for a few more days yet. I went to work though since it is mostly down to a cough/throat thing and I had to get some stuff done, and there is very little time before the end of the year.

Me and a few others will be around for the holidays, despite what Madlene says! (coughing, not sniffling!) I am looking forward to seeing the absolutely massive Christmas tree in Republic Square finished. I'll be at a couple of nice Christmas dinners, it is nice to be eating normally again in time for that.

What else? The court case is over, the house purchase is half done, and believe it or not, I got gas lines installed last weekend. Yes, they came last Friday - a month or more after they were supposed to, and turned them away begging them to return on the weekend when I was a little better recovered. They actually came back like they said, and after 9 hours of in and out, they finally finished. They did a decent job, but now I really need to have someone come and do some touching up to my place. Painting, patching, fixing. On Christmas night my guests arrive for the holidays, and then soonafter it is off to the US for a week.