My Christmas NightmareThe bringing together of one's family and friends over the holiday period is never quite as fun as it is supposed to be: this year, my mum and dad will be in the same room for the first time in 28 months. It should prove interesting.
Tell us about the nightmares you've had over christmas.
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chthonic, Thu 23 Dec 2004, 13:46)
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My Christmas NightmareA few years ago, I came down with this complete nightmare of a flu bug just before Christmas, Christmas Eve being it's worse point - I couldn't move, my stepdad had to carry me to bed (I was 15, for christ's sake), it was awful.
Anyway, I went to sleep about 10pm on the 23rd, and didn't wake up until about 8pm on Christmas Eve (22 hours sleep!). My parents kept checking me to see if I was OK (not dead or anything...), but when I woke up I was sodden through with sweat (if I'd have wet myself it would have been even worse, but I'd not drunk anything for 24 hours so it can't have been that!), and my stepdad had to bath me, cos I wasn't capable myself, I think my stepdad was more embarrassed than I was...
Christmas Day was spent in a corner of the living room in a sleeping bag opening presents given to me at arm's length by my folks. That bit of Christmas being all the family together definitely wasn't on the cards that day!
Thing was, by Boxing Day I was fine, I must have sweated the thing out. Odd.
Daft thing is, ever since then I've been always been getting colds over the holiday period, and I've got one now. Damn it.
Apologies for length...
(, Fri 31 Dec 2004, 11:25, Reply)
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