Well…kind of a weird night last night…just hung out here and watched some tv…but that’s not the weird part, a couple pf my remotes lost their programming at the same time and the only thing that I could think of was an EMP of some sort..or someone is trying to drive me even further crazy than I am….but I did get them fixed so I guess that’s okay….the rest of the sat was about normal…don’t have a lot of cash so I decided to stay in and just veg and with the flu still hanging on for dear life, it was probably a good idea. Going out for the paper this morning was an adventure in the deep freeze….the old wreck protested starting and then, since it’s a stick, it was like shifting in concrete….hardened concrete..it took two hands to get the thing from first to second and I let it run sitting in the Family Fare parking lot since the insta fog set in on the inside of the windshield. I will be happy when this cold goes away this week….I hate to have to plan to just make a quarter mile trip. Not much to do today….I’m still coughing and hacking so I think I’ll lay low and watch a little football….might have a topic or two for later…

Well…I was a little smug yesterday when I thought I was getting over this bug a few days sooner than was expected…that’s smugness is gone now…I got up this morning feeling like I did a few days back…still feverish and so damn tired….I know, I had a couple of cocktails last night but I’d have to double what I did to feel this way. The coughing has come back, too so I guess I’ll just have to pull back and rest again through the weekend…not too hard to do. No other topics so far today….I do have one about our new governor here in Michigan…and it is already looking like the talk of new ideas is being replaced by the same old bs…take away from the workers and give to business…geez….

Well….I think I may have been a little premature in thinking that I was over the flu…and, it didn’t help that I had a couple of cocktails last night but I was bored so that’s my excuse…I did see “Inception” last night and it was probably one of the best movies I’ve seen in a couple of years….both in concept and execution…made me work a little which I like in a movie….other than that, yesterday was just a take it easy day, didn’t really cook anything special…just leftovers. I don’t know what I’ll cook today….probably just dig through the freezer to see if there is anything that I can get creative with. Other than that, not much to do today….just coffee and papers here and then probably some cleaning if I feel better…might just milk the flu chronicles for one more but who knows? More later…

Well…up kind of early this morning but a tolerable night of sleep so that’s okay…and the Wings won in OT so it was a good night. Still kind of worn out from the flu but there is light at the end of the tunnel…but I am going to milk the Flu Chronicles for one more post today…have to get the numbers up after last month….it’s been one of those weeks that has just been a blur and I don’t really remember doing anything…I wonder if it’s s defense mechanism against remembering feeling like crap or is is just getting old? I do have a few things to do today….I have to get groceries since I have emptied the freezer…well…that’s not true…I do have a few pounds of chicken but I am really tired of chicken….maybe I’ll make some chicken stir fry over the weekend….does anyone else get tired of eating healthy? See, the flu has affected me…not very lucid right now….I think I may need some fast food…okay…just not thinking so I’ll stop…more later….

One more thing…it’s 9 degrees here in the frozen wasteland….but spring is only 8 weeks away…

Well…damn…I thought I was going to get at least a week of using the flu I have for a new topic but it looks like a good nights sleep and being a very good boy is taking that away from me…I feel pretty good this morning, still sick and coughing but it’s 11 and I still have energy and the couch is not calling me yet. I know it will be after I have lunch and run the energy tanks completely dry but not yet….should I be hoping for a relapse? Naaa….there are enough topics for later today…in fact, I’ve got a shorty for right now that I am going to get out…

Well…a total veg day yesterday but it was necessary since I’m still sicker than a dog with the flu…but I’ll update that later in the flu chronicles….spent the entire day just laying on the couch with a “Dollhouse” marathon on netflix….I did watch another movie on disc but I don’t remember what it was…yeah, my brain is not working much today…..at least the pain in my shoulder and neck has subsided and I can move again…I am feeling quite rickety today…and, as I said to T yesterday, I was feeling even more rickety yesterday with the effects of Tuesday in Ada thrown into the mix…but, I was an extremely good boy last night so I should get some flu points for that. Not much to do today,,,I am going to muster up the strength to go out and have coffee and papers but it is a little difficult to dress warmly enough when you have the chills all the time…also have to go to G’s to take care of her house while she is gone so that will put me at the bottom of the energy well for the rest of the day….geez…I’m already almost at the bottom and I’ve only done this…more later….

Okay…only a weird mind like mine would take advantage of being sick to have another topic to talk about…but I thought it might take my mind off of feeling like crap…and you can only lay on the couch for a certain amount of time at my age..then, you start hurting in other areas that have nothing to do with the flu…I have a huge cramp in my left shoulder that I think is worse than the flu aches. So, the temp has stabilized at about 101 and I have shifted down three gears to conserve what little energy is left and the coughing and hacking is about as bad as it was this morning…now, a sore throat has joined the group of symptoms and is making me really miserable. So, on that note, I’m going back to the couch for a while since I’ve started to sweat like crazy just typing…more later…

Well…had fun at pool even though I lost…but I probably should have stayed home…I think I have the flu…have been up and down all night and feel like crap…no, it’s not from going out….well..part of it is, but not the hacking cough and fever…so, it looks like a complete veg day today….will probably even skip going out for newspapers and coffee…yep, feeling that crappy….so, obviously, not much to do today…it took all of the energy I have right now to just sit here for a few minutes and write this…if I feel better, I’ll be back later with more…

Okay…I did go out for coffee and newspapers but the jury is still out on whether it was a good idea or not….just no energy at all and I’m running about 101 on the temp…you know that feeling I’m sure….but, I’m still going to work out here in a minute to try to get the temp up even farther…yep, I’m an idiot, but you knew that…I do have a topic for later..on the repubs new talking point of American exceptionalism…the newest bludgeon they are using to hit us progressives with….

Well…have a furnace emergency at my son’s house so this will be it until later…and I’ll fill you in then…

Okay…I’m back…it was a quick easy fix for the furnace…the drive pulley had just come loose but I did have to look very deep in my memory to work on it…it’s been 8 years or so after all…as I said to T this morning, there is something to be said for 60 year old furnaces and how easy they are to work on…

Now…I’ll get to the normal stuff…stayed in last night since G is heading to a sales conference this week and had to get ready for it…and it was not bad to have two days off…I even have a little energy for today’s trip out to Ada but hat will probably change before I leave to go out there….I did remember to bring the cue sticks in last night after the trip around the complex….I know mine is so old that I wouldn’t want to subject it to the shock of whacking on something when it’s cold….not much else to do today…going to work out here in a minute and try to get one out later….but, you know how it feels to get behind right off the bat in the morning…something has to give and I don’t know if it will be this aft’s post…I will give it a try…oh, one last thing…witht he cable internet, I have been able to look at videos on the web lately…had a Joe Walsh day yesterday that just cracked me up…I hope he tours again so I can see him for the 9th time…more later…

Well…a total veg day yesterday that was really needed…I just can’t take going two days in a row anymore…or should I say I don’t want to….when I got up this morning, even though it was quite early, I still felt so much better than yesterday…I wonder why I don’t learn this stuff? Oh, well…Sundays are kind of luxurious when you allow yourself to just flow with it and keep the guilt tamped down…there was no SF since we did it Sat aft and that was okay…needed to save some cash for tonight anyway….not much to do today….but even at that, it will still be better than yesterday…hmmm….maybe not better and I think I’m becoming too attached to my routine….that’s about it for now, but I will be back later for more…I think I need some political commentary since the repubs will be back to their shenanigans this week….and my outrage meter has been pegged on the low point for way too long…so, get ready for some passion…well….I’ll try anyway…more later…