I'm still in bed!  Four days of headache, aches, pains and general crappy feeling.  Tonight I'll go to the doctor for my "excuse note" for work and something powerful to knock this out of me.  I need to find a book for my wait.  I've read everything in the house and watched endless hours of QI, my new fixation.  It's a wonderful quiz, comedy, panel show from Britain.  I really could watch it endlessly but I have so much to do.  I'm sending out the warning now.  I still have not sent out Christmas cards so you should be receiving them sometime in March.  I had one small pack from The States that I dutifully filled out around Thanksgiving and then I began my search for cards here.  In the past I've bought UNICEF cards that they sell at the post office.  There are none this year.  Of course they don't know why and can't tell me where I can get them.  I've tried every stationary, gift shop around but cards are only sold individually and cost 3 euro each.  Nope.  So it looks like A- H friends and family will get paper cards, the rest of you an e-card if I can get around to sending them.  I missed out on Mother-in-law's big lunch on Saturday because I was/am ill so the whole thing was called off with much melodrama, "Not without you!!", and my fear is I'll be made to pay.  I'm already feeling guilty....  Poor Nonna.  This will not be an easy Christmas.  xxoo me