Cough and a sniffle is about all that's left, thank goodness. As fast as it came, it is departing. Three days ( Read more... )

I did take today off work. I had a fever this morning and was coughing a lot, so it really did make sense to reduce the risk of spreading it around if I could. Mondays are usually not heavy days so it's OK ( Read more... )

The cold is worse, low grade fever and very congested, but probably nothing really serious. Still, it saps all my energy. A good chunk of the day was spent on the sofa with a plush pony, doing nothing other than dozing occasionally ( Read more... )

Gary saw his doctor this morning. All the blood tests and EKGs came out normal, so he is not having heart symptoms. They took him off the nitroglycerin about 2 am because (as I predicted) it gave him a headache. They've held him at the hospital for a stress test just to double check, but he should be released in an hour or two ( Read more... )

So Gary's little brother had bypass surgery on Monday and seems to be recovering as nicely as they can expect. They plan to send him home by the weekend now. That's good ( Read more... )

Boy is it windy. Gusting to 45 mph or so, and the temperature is still 88°F/32°C. I brought all the horses in a bit early in case one of the hard storms with hail they keep predicting actually materializes, but so far on the radar everything is at a distance and appears to be moving northeast away from us. Still there's a tornado watch and a gale ( Read more... )