Ladies and gentlemen, Bing Crosby and David Bowie.
I'm pleased to announce that I seem to be over this stomach virus. I was a little gassy last night and a little tired this morning. But I seem to be completely fine now. I was also able to get the latest chapter of my current fanfic done. Plus I think I'm finally starting to get into the Christmas spirit (hence why I'm reposting the Bing Crosby and David Bowie version of the Little Drummer Boy).
Seems like every year it's a little harder for me to get into Christmas. I think it's been that way ever since the year my mom died. This year I think one of the big factors is that I'm a little concerned about the following year. This year I think I've accomplished a lot and have a better idea about where my life is going. Yet at the same time I think the pressure is going to be on for me to get more things done.
Another big factor of course is this little bug I ended up catching. Almost every year since my mom died, it seems like I always end up catching some kind of bug around this time of year. The only exception was last year. Instead, the bad thing that happened was this embarrassing incident that happened in a bookstore. I'm not going to get into what that incident was though. I still don't feel real comfortable talking about it.
Then of course there's all the little stuff. Such as the still infuriating bugs on FanFiction.Net and the numerous setbacks to my current fanfic itself. But I think one of the big factors that sort of drained my Christmas spirit is that this year my dad decided to get an artificial tree. He said it would be cheaper in the long run, and he's probably right. Plus I think this year the old tree farm we'd usually get our Christmas trees from has been closed down due to road construction.
Don't get me wrong, the artificial tree looks fine. But it's not quite the same as a real tree. And really it was more about getting the tree than the tree itself. It was sort of a tradition that my dad and I had together. He and I would go out to that farm and pick out a tree. Then he'd load it into the car while I petted the friendly dog that lived on the farm.
Seems like that's done now though. Of course I suppose it was only a matter of time. Nothing last forever, as we all know but seemed to have to be reminded. Life is all about change. Quite a few things have changed this year, actually. For example, my aunt had renovations done to her house and the Anime New Network website has completely changed its look (a change that unfortunately seems to cause my browser to crash but still looks good).
Anyway, I don't mean to depress anyone. I've just been wanting to get all this off my chest for a few days now. The important thing is that I seem to be feeling a bit better now. Thank you for reading.
