There have been two bugs floating around at work. One of them mostly involved being tired and generally feeling icky. The other bug included all of the above, plus a fever, a cough, and some sinuses with ambitions for world domination. I came down with the first of these last Sunday, but there was no time for resting. I’m all for taking sick days and all that, but I just couldn’t justify them last week. And by Friday, I was feeling much better. Still very tired, but not nearly as sick.

Friday night I came down with the second bug, and I’ve been pretty much flat on my back ever since. Well, except for leading choir on Sunday morning and going to work for a couple of hours this morning.

I wasn’t at all prepared for this. I haven’t had a fever since I can remember, so I’m a little out of practice, I guess. It’s a boring business being laid up while the rest of the world is at work, and there’s nothing good on TV, and I’m too worn out to read for any length of time, and I’m really really lonely. And while I had every intention of taking the time to work on a couple of presentations I have coming up, I haven’t done anything like that. Or done my laundry. Or washed my dishes. Or really done anything other than make tea for myself watch an old season of the TV show “24.” Nuthin’ like a little murder and mayhem to make the time pass…

The only one happy about all this is the cat. He loves my new body temperature and has curled up on my all day every day, leaving only to eat and use his box. Boy am I glad he leaves to do those things!