Our family never did celebrate Xmas that much (not being Xtians) and nowadays I really only get gifts for my sister and brother-in-law and don’t expect all that much either. I did get myself a bit of a present this month when I got a new car, and I also got a t-shirt and some really good cookies. But what I really got on Xmas day was a fever, chills, and diarrhea. I suppose the true gift was that I didn’t get the vomiting that a lot of my co-workers said they also got. The fever broke in 36 hours, but five days later I’m still not seeing any normalcy in my digestive system. I even had to call the doctor for a prescription for anti-diarrheal medication because the spaghetti last night made me wake up every hour or so to go to the bathroom.

So there you have it. I have had fairly bad diarrhea for five days. I’ve eaten almost nothing in that time. AND I HAVEN’T LOST ANY WEIGHT. I’m taking this to mean that I’m not dehydrating, and I hope I’m right. One of the only gifts I got for Xmas (the cookies) are probably going to be thrown out because I can’t eat anything solid. (Who am I kidding? I’ll eat them even if they get stale.)

Oh, and while I shouldn’t be worried about mileage on a brand-new car, my Prius gets the SAME mileage as my old Honda Civic Hybrid. It should be about 10MPG higher, but you know how it is.