What A Way to Start A Weekend!

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I got hit with a pretty nasty headache on Thursday afternoon and while it kinda sorta responded to Aleve, it was still pretty nasty that evening.Â? When I woke up on Friday morning, I was fine until I actually stood up.Â? At that point, I was dizzy and the pain hit again.Â? (This is pretty classically migraine for me.)Â? I was also feeling light-sensitive so… I called in sick to work and went back to sleep.Â? I spent the rest of the day in dark rooms with dark-colored kitties.Â? (Jon probably could have taken me to work but I wouldn’t have lasted more than an hour under the artificial lights.)

I had rehearsal this morning for the Victorian Christmas thing that I’m in this weekend so I was happy that the headache was gone.Â? Rehearsal went OK and I got errands done afterwards.

Tomorrow is going to be chaotic.Â? I have the Christmas program for the Sunday school at one of the churches as well as the Victorian Christmas thing from 2-9 essentially.Â? I might have to skip part of the shindig after the Christmas program to get stuff done which I feel no guilt over doing.Â? (I have a limited amount of time this weekend and I can only socialize for so long.)

The Supposed War Against Christmas

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I’ve been telling people around here about my Christmas card list and how I have designations for who gets Christmas cards, who gets peace cards, and who gets either one.Â? Some have raised concern about me being part of the War Against Christmas and I guess I should learn to express my opinion a little more clearly such as the following.

THERE. IS. NO. WAR. AGAINST. CHRISTMAS!!!Â? HAPPY. HOLIDAYS. REFERS. TO. THE. FACT. THAT. NOT. EVERYONE. AND. THEIR. MOTHER. CELEBRATES. CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

I mean, seriously, I don’t celebrate Hannukah so it would be a little inappropriate of my Jewish friends to send me Hannukah cards and ditto for my pagan friends sending me cards regarding Yule as I don’t celebrate that either.Â? So… I don’t send Christmas cards to my friends who actively practice another faith because December 25th is just another day to them.

And for the record, the Christmas cards I *do* send out are religious ones.Â? I celebrate Christmas and I’m into Jesus being “the reason for the season” and all that.Â? I just choose to respect that not everyone celebrates the same things that I do.

Winter Holiday Cards

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If one of the following is true:

a.) you received aÂ? “winter holiday of choice” card from me last year and your address has changed
b.) you would like to receive a “winter holiday of choice” card from me this year

you need to email me your snail mail address at geeky.lutheran [at] gmail [dot] com

C’mon… it’s free and it will help people

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The Breast Cancer Site is donating an ultrasound machine to a hospital in South Africa if they can fund more than 500 mammograms this month.Â? Click here to help.Â? It doesn’t cost you a penny, put you on any mailing lists, and it will help women half a world away to receive the basic medical care that we take for granted here in the USA.

Things I’m Thankful For

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[-] four day weekend
[-] dinner in Great Falls yesterday with my aunt and uncle and some extended family
[-] sleep-in day (sort of) yesterday and a definite one today
[-] great food sent home with us
[-] Bath & Body Works didn’t have too wicked of a line and the workers were giving massages to people
[-] The Evil Store wasn’t all that crowded
[-] a lovely time with talking with Sarah (my catsitter) and playing with her little monster

Emptying the Brain

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[+] Hyde Park Baptist Church: you guys suck! I can assure you that the Muslims would have been a heck of a lot more hospitable than you if it was their worship space in question.

[+] We’re not going to mention this weekend in college football other than to say that the teams with blue and gold colors did not do well. (And message to Dawn and Greta: there’s more than one team out there with those colors that I root for.)

[+] Person who made my day: Kym! I got the copy of ODB. Thank you soooooooo much!!!!

[+] Great Falls has 4-6 inches of snow. The Hi-Line has…. NONE!!!! Mother Nature really doesn’t want me to burn my trash, does she?

[+] To the morons on US-2: there is a simple rule regarding your high beams which involves TURNING THE BLOODY THINGS OFF IF YOU ARE APPROACHING SOMEONE OR BEHIND SOMEONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Â? Why is this rule so hard to follow???