from bad to a lot better

My weekend got off to a bad start when I came down sick while at work Friday. Early I began getting a headache and a queasy stomach. It faded away as lunchtime approached so I headed out for some lunch, unfortunately shortly after returning the symptoms returned stronger than before. By the time I picked up Carol after work she had to drive as I slept most of the way home. I immediately went to bed where I was able to sleep a little or lay there feeling crappy. I did manage to get up for an hour and watch some TV with Carol then continued my mixed sleeping pattern. Saturday morning I was feeling a lot better but I tired easily. In the afternoon Carol, Ian and I attended a Eagle Court of Honor for one of our Troop's Scout. Great kid, did it all in the Troop and had a good project: benches and picnic tables at a pond side park for the neighboring town he lives in. Light snacks and a cake at the reception afterwards, some chatting with folks there then back home to close out the afternoon with another nap. Sunday morning, a rainy Fathers Day (hope any Dads reading this had a happy Father Day), I felt a whole lot better. A while after breakfast Ian gave me his Fathers Day gift, a real nice reciprocating saw. Really cool tool, which I think we'll both enjoy using. Cuts through all kinds of things. I always wanted one but never could bring myself to buy it.

Here is the Fathers Day award presentation as Ian
presents the Dad with his trophy reciprocating saw...
not quite how it really went down - gift wrapped and
opened properly at an earlier time but a fun picture to take.

Afterwards Ian went to meet up with some friends for lunch and Carol and I went over to Lois and Jim's to visit over lunch where Lois had prepared a big salad and cooked up a batch of baby back ribs - worthy calories, I needed them to make my recovery complete. Spent the rest of the afternoon watching NASCAR, Redsox and Tiger. Called Mom in the evening and caught up to what she has going on (the Cat Chronicles). By the end of this day I was feeling pretty good.