Most of the glasses were dirty so I had to rummage through my parent's cupboard in search of a cup with which to take my Airborne. Some might say taking Airborne at this point is like closing the barn door after the animals have escaped, but I'll try anything after several days of head cold.

What I found was an old, blue tin cup. We used to use it when we went camping and it reminded me of an episode of Little House on the Prairie I saw recently. I only caught the last couple minutes of it, but Mr. Edwards was struggling through a blizzard to make it to the Ingalls' home on Christmas Eve. He finally arrived, and as he sat in front of the fire thawing out, he told the girls he'd run into Santa and agreed to pass along their presents since Santa might have trouble getting over the swollen river since he had so many other places to go.

Laura and Mary were thrilled when Mr. Edwards passed them their new Sony PlayStation 3's...not! :) They each got a tin cup, and they were effusively thankful. I remember thinking WOW when Laura said how cool it was that they wouldn't have to share a cup anymore. Obviously she didn't say cool, but that would be the modern translation. I wonder what kids will be thinking is cool twenty years from now.