Thanksgiving, and congested ramblings

Thanksgiving was lovely. The trip to Aunt Lori's was generally pleasant, the dinner was excellent, and the company was good, and dinner today here at Dad's was also delicious, with equally excellent company (though rather fewer meat-free options—I really must say, I appreciate how Aunt Lori & co. take into account my dietary preferences without me having to ask and feel like I'm putting people out; I don't get that here).

At any rate, it was a lovely holiday, and so wonderful seeing everybody (and especially the kids; I am related to such adorable children!). My only complaint is that the cousins at Auntie L's all had some nasty Florida flu, and I have apparently picked up the bug. I refuse to get sick-sick; I simply won't do it. I have every confidence that it will not happen. But I am thoroughly congested, which is probably part of why I'm not asleep yet, and it will make sleep rather less comfortable when it arrives.

Ah well. I've found free internetz again for the moment (hooray!), so I can while away my sleepless hours with the other weirdos on the interwebs. And of course, I've got the TV, though its company, as always, is sometimes less than joyous. Right now, for example, all the good shows (read: SVU reruns) are over, and the "music" channels won't start playing videos for another couple of hours, but I want the noise, so I left it on and put on C-Span. It's generally easy to ignore if I'm interested in what I'm doing, and sometimes I catch interesting bits of information. But right now they've got Fred Thompson on, and before him was Mike Huckabee, and they're saying such stupid, stupid things, and it's making me upset. Why are they so stupid? Why?

The tissues are hurting my nose. :(