February 24, 2020

Good morning crew,

I was fighting it for quite a while, but it finally caught up with me. Some nasty, upper respiratory bug has taken up residence in my sinuses and just ruined my weekend. It was the first weekend in a month that the wife and I both had off too, and she was really looking forward to relaxing and having a little fun together. But what she got to do was listen to me sniffle and sneeze for 48 hours while I sat on the sofa in my bath robe and drank hot tea and whiskey (for medicinal purposes).

It was my own fault, I guess. Weeks ago I started being pestered by a little sniffle, but since I was still able to work, and go to classes, and put in 12 hour days I figured it would just go away. It didn't. If I had just taken a day or two off and gotten some rest three weeks ago, my head wouldn't feel like a 5 pound sack of wet oatmeal today.

Ah well, we're always invincible until we're not, right?

Laugh it up,

Joe

joe@gophercentral.com

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