A good weekend

The weekend has been pretty good - Ian was home for Friday night. He had his own cold to deal with as mine is slowly winding down. He had a OA business meeting Saturday morning to attend before heading back to campus. Brief as the visit was it was awfully good to see him. The dogs go crazy themselves when they see him. Patches walks with the swagger of a dog who robbed the cookie jar and didn't get caught. Saturday was a washout as it was so I spent a good part of the day working on the church newsletter I do monthly. Today Carol and I traveled to my mother's to winterize her windows. It was fun to visit with her and she had made a hardy chicken noodle soup and sandwiches for lunch. Now that we're home I'm finishing off the day watching by football games and some computer projects.

Theory yet to be tested

I'm willing to bet that best action one can take to knockout a cold is to shutdown for 3 or 4 days. Otherwise bear the burden for a week or more depending on how little rest one gets.

Sitting on the fence

Still having my ups and downs with my cold, no fun. Did go into work late. I went to pick up some post and rail fencing that we had been waiting for. Made two previous trips to the place with no luck but with the latest shipment having arrived yesterday I needed to get right to it. Now the trick is to find the time to install it before the ground freezes for the winter.

Heard on the street while running an errand from the office today as I passed an elderly couple walking arm in arm along the busy sidewalk with the woman saying "we wouldn't be having this trouble if we had an iPhone." Must have a problem solving "app".

Lingering effects

Awoke this morning with my brain floating in and out of focus and feeling like I could topple over any moment. Actually cooked breakfast and tried to read the Sunday paper in that state hoping a couple of cups of strong coffee would straighten out the neurons and synapses of my mind into some kind of order. I think that the cold medicines I've been taking have built up to a point that some of it had actually set up housekeeping in the dark recesses of my mind. So no more cold medication today, I took a nap after breakfast, felt a little better and took care of one of my chores, had lunch then settled in to watch the start of a couple football games and took another nap. The symptoms of my cold have faded a bit and I'm planning on not taking any medication before bed tonight unless I start coughing and can't get any sleep but it hadn't been a problem during my naps so I think I'm on the up swing.

Pilot to ground control, ah... which way is up?

Still flying at a low altitude with a cold as my co-pilot. I almost stayed home from work a second day but I started feeling a little energetic so I went in a little late and got started. Several things I had commitments to work on needed to be pushed and several drop in tasks came through as well the following day. All the while my cold has lingered on. Today it's still with me. Still taking a cold medicine that gives me a spacey sensation - what else is new. The nighttime version does a good job of suppressing the coughing and I sleep well though the brain is still cloudy for awhile after getting out of bed. At least today I've been able to take care of some work around the house and I've winterized the camper. That will be going into storage two weeks from now.

Catching a cold

Only a month into autumn, real winter is still two months away and I've managed to catch a cold. The signs have been with me for a few days, not that it always means it will develop into the full blown condition. Even now it's centered in my upper chest and throat but I awoke this morning with a boulder sized headache and decided to cash in a sick day from the cube farm. I've got the meds I'll need, a bit of breakfast, coffee, checked e-mail, read yesterday's fishwrap, read a bit of the book of the moment and done some napping already and still an hour from lunchtime. Probably repeat the process this afternoon to some extent. I have yet turned on the TV or any music/radio stuff, accompanied only by the sounds from the road, dogs moving from one place to lay to another, the wind blowing steadily through the trees with their multi-colored leaves as the foliage reaches it's peak in these parts. The dogs get a reprieve from a day in the pen, they take advantage to go in and out on a whim at their convenience as opposed to the mending human getting his rest. Don't blame them a bit.

34th Anniversary

We had a rainy day for our 34th Anniversary. Began it with a second trip to a fencing company in an attempt to pick up some post and rail fencing and left empty handed as a customer that came just before we arrived bought out most of the stock. New shipment coming in by Tuesday so I'll try to jump in on that. We brought the dogs along for the ride. E'owyn loves watching the world go by as she constantly peers out the back seat window. Patches likes curling up in the corner to await whatever destination we arrive at. So to make something positive out of our trek I realized we were in my mother's neck of the woods so I gave her a call to see if she was home, and was. So we dropped by to visit over a couple cups of coffee. This evening Carol and I drove to Portland to have dinner at RiRa's Irish Pub. She had the Shepherds Pie with a glass of Chardonnay and I had the Guinness N' Beef stew with a glass of the stout itself. Our table overlooked a Norwegian cruise ship in port for the day. Our desserts were the raspberry pound cake and a chocolate mousse accompanied by strong coffee from a French press. Then we took a walk along the cruise ship followed by window shopping through the Old Port. Even with the rain it was a terrific time.