ok, so christmas was like this:

worked all day christmas eve day. v busy. lots of gratuitously unpleasant people. sigh. apparently, they read. anyway, so, also worked christmas eve 6:30-10pm at dior. fairly bleugh but did end up having a $10k day, which was nice (my commission is 2%). got home late and went to a neighbour houseparty for a bit. russian friends. lots of drinking (them, not me) and there was a nice herring salad too. almost fell asleep standing up in their kitchen. was tired and the heat had been turned up rather high so that the hostess could wear only a little. finally got home and tried to call the pares to say "happy christmas" but my phone card won't let me make calls to cell phones and they weren't near a land line. sigh. tres frustrating. so christmas eve was a bit of a bummer.

christmas day: slept in a little then got up for breakfast of champagne, scrambled eggs with smoked salmon, avocado, orange juice, tea and toast with honey. so nice. and there was present opening. among other things, there were silver ankle boots, a fabulous fabulous jacket, chopsticks, a clock, a watch, gloves and cookies. for stephen there were books and toys and wild dior sunglasses. it was nice. then i had to work 12-6pm at dior. it was rather quiet.

christmas day evening: dinner at the ritz carlton club. butternut pumpkin frothy soup, shaved truffles, lobster, mango and pear salad, more lobster, chocolate things and pear tart. rather nice. food coma. went afterwards out for drinks. quite civilized.

no rest for the wicked. have been working non-stop since about the 6th of december. will have my first day off on the 22nd of this month. am v excited.

anyway, so new year's: ur... oh, yes, that's right. worked all day at the bookstore and then dior in the evening. finished around 8:30pm. went to friends' apartment for drinks and snacky things etc. there was much nice champagne - everyone brought a bottle of verve or moet or somesuch. all fun and nice. went to bed about 5:30am. sigh. had to start work at 12 on new year's day. that was bit of a struggle. not impossible, though.

anyway, so have been sick. annoyingly, sick enough to feel ratty and rundown and enough to make more difficult than it should be. alas, not sick enough to actually take a day off. especially since almost everyone else in town is also sick. we're diseased. however, i have discovered the most fabulous vitamin/herbal supplements. they're amazing. am feeling much much better.

it's damn damn cold here. we had a lot a lot a lot of snow the other day and we're expecting more tomorrow. weugh. it makes your face hurt. the sidewalks and the roads are icy. it makes your skin dry out. it makes your nose and lips numb. thank the heavens for fur hats!

happy new year!