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I had a nice Christmas with my family. My brother and SIL have been in since Monday, and we’ve done some fun stuff, including seeing the new Star Wars. (Which I will get to in a minute.) I got some nice gifts. My cross-stitch presents went over very well. I made apple crisp that everyone liked for dessert.
And then yesterday I started getting a sore throat. And now today I feel like shit—sinus drainage and the sore throat and just a general achy malaise. And I stg if I start feeling worse and this turns out to be the flu, I will be UNHAPPY. Especially since I got my flu shot for the first time ever this year. I am already unhappy that I’m sick AGAIN when I JUST got over being sick from two weeks ago.
I also feel a little stretched thin from the last few days. Being “on” for family is exhausting sometimes. I enjoy spending time with my family, but... it starts to wear you down after a while. Maybe that’s why I got sick. Who knows.
As for Star Wars... my basic non-spoilery thought is this: I didn’t hate it, but I hate that I didn’t love it. Loved when the trio was together, but did not love... a whole bunch of stuff. And like, maybe they shouldn’t have given the final movie to a writer-director who has a known reputation for being bad at endings! And maybe they shouldn’t have sacrificed thematic cohesion at the altar of appeasing the pissy fanboys who hated TLJ! Who were probably going to hate this on principle anyway! UGH
In short: I didn’t hate it, but I’m just... I’m disappointed in it. So, so disappointed. I am probably going to see it again bc we were seated in like the second row when we went on Tuesday, and I had trouble visually processing some stuff from that close. (Also the flashing sequences were... not great from that distance. I had a headache when we got out.) And maybe once I see it again I will post some more complete thoughts on it.
Other things.... I haven’t been getting very much done the last few days, mostly because I am trying to maximize time with my brother and SIL before they go back to CO. And now I’m sick, which is also not great for productivity at all. I don’t know. I kind of want to spend all day today sleeping, because sick and tired and ugh.
I don’t know. I hope you all had a lovely holiday, or at least a nice day if you don’t celebrate Christmas.
And then yesterday I started getting a sore throat. And now today I feel like shit—sinus drainage and the sore throat and just a general achy malaise. And I stg if I start feeling worse and this turns out to be the flu, I will be UNHAPPY. Especially since I got my flu shot for the first time ever this year. I am already unhappy that I’m sick AGAIN when I JUST got over being sick from two weeks ago.
I also feel a little stretched thin from the last few days. Being “on” for family is exhausting sometimes. I enjoy spending time with my family, but... it starts to wear you down after a while. Maybe that’s why I got sick. Who knows.
As for Star Wars... my basic non-spoilery thought is this: I didn’t hate it, but I hate that I didn’t love it. Loved when the trio was together, but did not love... a whole bunch of stuff. And like, maybe they shouldn’t have given the final movie to a writer-director who has a known reputation for being bad at endings! And maybe they shouldn’t have sacrificed thematic cohesion at the altar of appeasing the pissy fanboys who hated TLJ! Who were probably going to hate this on principle anyway! UGH
In short: I didn’t hate it, but I’m just... I’m disappointed in it. So, so disappointed. I am probably going to see it again bc we were seated in like the second row when we went on Tuesday, and I had trouble visually processing some stuff from that close. (Also the flashing sequences were... not great from that distance. I had a headache when we got out.) And maybe once I see it again I will post some more complete thoughts on it.
Other things.... I haven’t been getting very much done the last few days, mostly because I am trying to maximize time with my brother and SIL before they go back to CO. And now I’m sick, which is also not great for productivity at all. I don’t know. I kind of want to spend all day today sleeping, because sick and tired and ugh.
I don’t know. I hope you all had a lovely holiday, or at least a nice day if you don’t celebrate Christmas.
