Well now that I've finally had a chance to catch up (school has been MURDER) thanks to whomever posted that link to that MSN community!
Finally I HAVE CAUGHT UP.
As for the bird...eh...it's the most adorable thing ever, I admit I kind of hoped it would negate the curse on others whenever she's around them. But really it's just immune to it and will keep her company? That's a dissappointment. Sure it's great she has a friend, but it sucks that she can't ever really be rid of that.
Actually I feel sorry for Himawari now, even though in the beginning I had no real opinion on her. I do ship DxW, can anyone tell me if there's a set ending for XXX Holic in mind? If so I hope we have a few more chapters to satisfy the DxW shipper in me. But as for Himawari I mean that just sucks. She has this horrible bad luck curse around her and she can basically never get close to anyone but her parents her entire life or something bad will happen to them? That. SUCKS and if she tries to cure it she'll never be happy!? BLARG. I suppose I am biased, since Himawari and I share an astrological sign apparently, really amusing clamp considering our ruling planet is the planet of LUCK.
Edit: if you want to get technical I suppose my astrological sign is really Ophiuchus, the 13th sign that was forgotten because a 13th sign is bad luck so...
Yes I'm goofy, this makes me feel better.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiuchus#Astrology