Thursday, December 25, 2025
Sore throat is almost gone. Runny nose and nasal congestion continues. I began the neti pot procedure again. Breakfast: leftover beef chow fun and fried green beans, hot water with lemon and honey. Runny nose and sneezing intermittently all day. Napped. Later Sam, Kerry, and Mom Ryan came over. Patrick served us gumbo ya-ya with chicken, smoked sausage, and shrimp with French bread and butter. For dessert he made bread pudding with a non-alcoholic bourbon hard sauce. Everything was perfectly delicious. I ate alone downstairs using the ironing board as a table. Later they opened presents and departed. Later, dinner at home with Patrick: Hulu Wa leftovers. Afterwards we watched Christmas things on YouTube then Stranger Things s5:e5 then Big Mouth s2:e6 both on Netflix then part of Jiro Dreams of Sushi on Amazon Prime Video. Patrick went to bed. I joined a few hours later.