What doesn't kill you....

I must be getting stronger in some way, shape, or form considering that this is day seven fighting a virus that I can't seem to lick. The coughing and fatigue (from coughing, or any other exertion) are not letting up and I am just so tired of both – yeah, I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired. 😏 Getting sick like this is not like me at all. It is also strange that neither of my guys have caught it, even though they are both shoveling down the holidays sweets from clients and family that keep appearing in our house.

I'm not getting much accomplished other than twice-daily barn chores, occasionally turning the horses out to let off steam, keeping the fire going, and doing a little cleaning. I did open, spin and ply the last two Advent fiber snacks:

We opened our gifts Christmas Eve:

Poppy was happy to get an empty box to shred

And I turned out the horses then rode Stella when my guys went to the family dinner on Christmas Day. When they returned, Brian and I got out the Lego set my sister gave us for Christmas and put it together. Believe it or not, this was the first Legos I've ever played with!

We stayed in the arena because we could hear four-wheelers

On Friday Rick had me meet him at the Verizon store to get my Christmas present from him, a new iPhone. The salesman couldn't get the data to transfer; after numerous attempts over more than two hours, we gave up and he sent me home to try to do it here. I've lost count of how many times I've tried and been foiled here over the last two days, so I'm going to go back tomorrow and demand a different new iPhone; this one has got to be faulty. (Maybe IT caught my virus???) Hopefully the Verizon salesman will resolve things quickly because wearing an N95 mask is another seriously fatiguing experience; it's a struggle to get enough air.

A couple of my blogpals have already shared their 2025 reading lists. Knowing how long it took me to copy my Libby records into a post for last year's reading list, I thought about splitting my posts into half-year reading lists, but obviously didn't. So coming up soon will be one looooonng post listing all the audiobooks I've listened to this year – long, because rarely a day goes by when I'm not listening to something via the Libby app on my phone. And thanks to the new AirPods my guys got me for Christmas, it will be even nicer to listen going forward!

That's it for now from . . .