Our New Year’s Eve wasn’t all that grand or spectacular, with Bart being
ill and all. I even feared for a while that we were going to have to
cancel. On Friday he did feel a bit better, but on Saturday his sickness
took a bad turn again. He stayed in bed – read: on the couch – for most
of the day, and I did call the doctor round 3 PM. She finally arrived
round 6.30, and stated it was a very bad case of sinusitis, with a touch
of otitis and laryngitis. No fun, really. He finally got some
antibiotics prescribed, and he pulled himself together to go to my
cousin, his wife and their three lovely daughters, who are very fond of
Wolf. The eldest is 5.5 years old, the second 4, and the third like 6
months :-p Wolf enjoyed it immensely, before they all went to bed.
We
had caviar and other hors d’oeuvres on toast, then some Coquilles
Saint-Jacques in a very nice sauce, and then I prepared lobster, with
fresh tagliatelli and salad. Luckily the poor creatures had already been
boiled, so no need for me to boil them alive or anything. I just had to
cut them, and prepare them with a very nice vanilla butter. Yes, seems
odd, but is very tasty, and not too heavy. We all enjoyed the lobster
very much, struggled a bit with the pincers, and ended with a home made
tiramisu. Bart felt quite well till after the lobster, but then started
to feel queezy again, and fell asleep on the couch. No midnight kiss for
me :-p
All in all we had a very nice night, and a very quiet January 1st, with Bart mostly on the couch again.
ANd
now Wolf is with Bart’s parents, and Bart is out for business lunch, so
it’s all me by myself here, and that’s been a while. Bart’s away in the
evening too, and I still don’t know what I’ll do.