Fa-Ra-Ra-Ra-Ra...

The Christmas season has come and gone, and this has to be one of the craziest ones yet. We started out the holiday on Sunday the 21st, when we went with Jen's sister Myra to the San Francisco Symphony. They had a live version of A Charlie Brown Christmas, and it was so much fun. During the sing-along portion, the three of us sang Deck the Halls, but the way they sing it on A Christmas Story (the movie with Ralphie and the BB gun. Google it) even though we got some weird looks. A good start to the holiday season!

The 22nd was Jen's brother's birthday, so she drove her sister's down to have lunch with him in San Jose. When she got home she didn't think she felt well. And that's when the chaos started.

Jen canceled her sessions on the 23rd because she was running a fever. We suspect one of her clients got her sick, because we found out they had the flu AND bronchitis. This made an already-tricky Christmas (more on that later) ever more so, and she didn't get to go to either her parents' house for their celebration, or come out of the room on the 25th when the Perry side got together in the living room. It was interesting, though. We decided to give her an iPad so we could Skype and open presents "together" without getting anyone sick. Kind of lame, but it worked.

Now Jeff had to take care of our food preparations not only without Jen, but without power! Around 2 PM most of Newark had a power out that lasted several hours. This made it necessary to take the half-cooked turkey to Jen's sister's house in Fremont, and pushed back dinner about 2 hours. Dinner was still good, and we got a lot of nice things from family. Jeff got a Samsung Gear Fit (kind of like a FitBit, but it links to the phone and does a lot more cool stuff), and Jen got a lot of clothes and books. We enjoyed as much holiday as we could, considering Jen was so sick. She stayed in bed until New Year's and even then, we kept it quiet. Her cough is still horrible, and apparently she wasn't the only one to get sick. One of her clients also has the flu, so she only worked two days so far. We will have to see what the new year brings; she may be off until the 6th!

We will have to post the Year In Review in it's own separate post, so stay tuned...