12 days till Christmas!!

There are 12 days until Christmas and Kevin and I have seriously not bought a single gift. However I did send out Christmas cards this year! Last year I only sent out about 3 and this year I think I sent out around 30. Two weeks ago I went to my yearly doctor appointment and the nurse who took me to the exam room and did my blood pressure and questionnaire and such is a horrible person and the doctor and I had a long chat about her after my check up. Everytime I go they ask me about a million questions about my health and routines. One of the questions they ask is do you take any medicines or vitamins, she seriously rolled her eyes while I went over what vitamins I take. Then she asked if I had gotten the flu shot yet and of course I said no, which prompted her to say it wouldn't be a problem t get it during my visit. I politely declined which sent her into a long lecture about why I need one and blah blah blah. I gave her my reasons for not wanting one and she made me feel like crap for them. You better believe I let the doctor know that I didn't appreciate being lectured on my medical choices especially ones I have extensively researched and she agreed that the nurse was out of line. So while I'm on the subject lets discuss the flu shot for a minute. Did you know that the CDC recently released a statement admitting that the flu shot does not work? I don't need the CDC to tell me it doesn't work there is plenty of proof. Example one: a U.S. Navy ship (the military requires that everyone must get a flu shot except those who are exempt because of allergies or religious reasons) that was almost completely vaccinated had a major outbreak of the flu. How does that happen if the flu shot works, shouldn't only a few of those on board (the ones who didn't get vaccinated) be the only people who got sick? Example two: There have been I want to say around 100 cases of people who have gotten the shot and then been diagnosed with the exact same strain of the flu as the one in the vaccine. Example three: Matt and Charlene had all three of their kids get the vaccine and the past two weeks all of them have been home sick with the flu. I don't need any more proof than that to tell me that the flu shot does not work.