had another bad night and is still possibly harbouring (but fighting off) some sort of cold.

there are new stinky carpets in a lot of places in this house and I wasn't warned in advance to bring indoor shoes with me.

the rest of the xmas revellers usually arrive later, nowadays. That might even be after meeting up at a church first.

good health for you, this Christmas.

one of the residents has been tracking the other family by phone and reckons they're nearly here - before the excess car has been moved to a neighbour's drive. So there will shortly be a weird game of musical cars taking place.

you’ve had a tolerable day and found some time to be quiet.

the younger generation are less annoyingly overexcited now they're a year older. Lots of people are randomly coughing and sneezing though (eg another one who is allergic to the furry residents of the house).