<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Sithy Things]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://aggiesprite.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[LC Aggie Sith]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://aggiesprite.wordpress.com/author/aggiesprite/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[&#8216;Tis the Season]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again. The time when someone in your home will get sick, be it a cold or the flu. In this case, the someone is me. I have been fighting a cold for a while now, and in retrospect, I should have let it take its course so I wouldn&#8217;t be sick on Christmas Day. But I never claimed my hindsight was 20/20, so I have that going for me.</p>
<p>Today I have last minute shopping to do. That should tell you just how sick I am, because normally nothing would make me go to the mall this week. The way I see it, I got sick from <em>someone</em> while shopping, so I&#8217;m just paying it forward. I can be very charitable that way. All kidding aside (or mostly kidding), after shopping I shall be enjoying a hot toddy, featured today at <a href="http://www.hookersandbooze.com/2011/12/girlie-drink-of-the-week-22/">H&amp;B</a>.</p>
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<p>Then after <em>that</em>, I shall be imbibing (there really is no other word for it) Nyquil™. There is nothing quite like the nighttime sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, fever, so you can rest medicine. Hopefully that will help me have a nice Christmas.</p>
<p>My future posts may be quite garbled, but that&#8217;s a small price to pay for comfort 😉</p>
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