Getting better

For the first time in four days, thank God, I'm finally able to breathe through my nose again. Guess those multivitamins are paying off finally. I know I'm a bit of a whiner, but I get so annoyed when I catch a cold. Nothing's fun to do anymore, and it seems as if the weekend has no use at all, since all you are able to do, is stay in bed and feel sorry for yourself.

Well, none of that for me anymore. This afternoon I'm going shopping! Now that the Christmas insanity is behind us, I suppose it's finally possible to go downtown without being mobbed by thousands of people from out of town, flocking here to buy their Christmas presents. We're finally getting back to some degree of normality, whatever that means.

So, since my family doesn't do presents on Christmas (this may sound strange for foreign readers, but actually in the Netherlands it's only a custom since a couple of years, we've got ourselves a different celebration for giving, called Sinterklaas, on december 5), I've got loads of money left to spend, which is exactly what I'm planning on doing this afternoon!

When I'm done, tonight Leendert's coming over for a beer, which I'm sure will be a nice evening. It's good to know the weekend isn't completely ruined by my cold!