Currently there is some sort of horrible germ wending its way among my circle of friends and acquaintances, devastating us all. Oddly, it seems to have struck during a bout of really good (re: warm) weather, instead of in the middle of the bastardly ice storms we’ve been having here. I will, rest assured, suitably freak out if I see any more random dead birds on the streets. Otherwise, I’m fairly upbeat, having heard from a little (not dead) bird that a boy I’m kind of interested in might actually be interested back (!), though he might have also been the source of contagion for this current phase of illness. C’est la vie.
I’m also floating on a cloud of tea and cold medication, because yesterday, two packages arrived at my doorstep:
