welcome to the recap of Week 18, where holidays happen and it becomes hard to remember what day of the week is currently in progress.

monday was one of only two days i appeared at work. end-of-year is always a bit of a busy time, so the day was well-spent cranking out budget items for 2020. that evening, andy and i headed north to my parents to begin christmas festivities. tuesday, we had a christmas (eve) meal for lunch, followed by some gift opening in the afternoon. that evening was our now-traditional dinner at applebee's with my brother's family. this was all fine, aside from the moment that our waiter lost control of my mountain dew and redistributed it across our menus, over the table, and down to our chairs and the floor. this was a first for me, very exciting. the poor waiter felt terrible. mostly i plucked ice cubes out of my purse and wiped down the inside and outside of my wallet; i was annoyed, but all was well. we spent a little while at my brother's after dinner, and then andy and i were off, driving through the thick, patchy fog, back to columbus.

wednesday was a leisurely morning, and we headed south to andy's parents for a christmas lunch. later in the afternoon, once other family members showed up, there was the opening of presents. we hung out at his parents for the rest of the evening, chatting and playing games with family.

the next day, thursday, was back to regularly scheduled life -- chemo day, round 7 of taxol. nothing out of the ordinary, morning infusion, afternoon nap.

friday was back to work, which was confusing, because i spent much of the day thinking it was a monday due to having the previous several days off. more budget entry for the day, and then the evening was spent at molly and ralph's with basically the entire oches crew, plus other local family friends like us. it was great to catch up with everyone and be surrounded by people i have known and loved for many, many years.

saturday was spent back at andy's parents for a leisurely day of eating wings, playing games and hanging out with family. sunday afternoon was spent watching the train wreck of the browns 2019 season come to its final, disappointing end. (farewell, freddie).

nothing truly new or exciting to report, which is not necessarily a bad thing. this week, 2019 is out and 2020 is in... let's do this.