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Well.

It’s Friday.

And it’s been a hell of a couple of weeks in the life of Meg.

I realized we’ve just had “holidays”, and that most of you probably feel like they were too short.

But for me, once the 25th happened and I got sucked into a giant vortex of work? Of taking three hours to get everywhere because of the snow? Of missing my significant other because he is significant? Of late night deadlines? Of falling on ice? Of being on and off sick?

Yeah.

That brings us to today.

I have pneumonia, or so the doctor told me yesterday, given how I looked and sounded and my recent experience with the same. He gave me a prescription for antibiotics, which I then Googled, only to discover a host of discussion-board-posting victims with stomach pains and hives and side effects from said drug — side effects not fit for this blog, where we do NOT DISCUSS THINGS THAT OOZE.

On a brighter note, I booked my ticket today to go see Gradon in Boston again at the end of this month.

Woohoo!

This makes up for a heck of a lot of other stress, although I’ll likely still be a bit under the weather when I get there. Which is okay, since he can take care of me just fine.

The cost of doing the back and forth-ing isn’t minimal, but hey… we can eat Kraft Dinner together and still have fun.

Today’s Love List is actually going to be a two-part operation — Things I Don’t Particularly Love and Things I Love. I think that dichotomy accurately expresses how I feel right now.

As always, if you want to do your own in the comments, go nuts. If you want to do it at your blog, leave us a link to follow you there.

THINGS I DON’T PARTICULARLY LOVE

Pneumonia — Seriously. Twice in one year. Fever and coughing and pain and fatigue and general malaise? BAD.
The cost of airline tickets, or routing to Boston through San Francisco (cheapest option!)
The skunk population in my ‘hood
Falling on ice
Spilling coffee
Raccoon eyes from the rain
Floral candles
Deadlines that nearly strike you dead
The size of my ass
Frizzy humidity hair, giving way to static-y dry hair. And back again.
Advent calendar chocolate (melted crayon)
People “not getting my emails”
Slush
Coughing
Headaches
Antibiotics

THINGS I LOVE

Catherine’s engagement ring from Eric (!!)
Lindt Chili-Cherry Chocolate
Cozy pants
Stacks of bangle bracelets
Days you need to wear sunglasses
My puffer
Sleeping IN
Cheesy R & B
Pedicures
My fireplace
Dancing while I clean
Lemons
Gettin’ PAID
Playing Skip-Bo with Catherine
My mom and dad, who love me and make me laugh and are more fun to hang out with than most people on the planet
Bacon
BOSTON!!!
Clever song lyrics
Encouraging emails
Squooshy Uggs — Yes, I know I caved. I know they aren’t high couture, but they are COMFY. And they aren’t Crocs.
Snow that stays snowy
Gradon (by law)

AND YOU??