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So we’ve got a storm headed our way. There is no doubt about that. What is in doubt is what we will get? Snow? Ice? Rain? All three? Only time will tell.

I went to work this morning feel like total ass. I had no voice, was congested beyond belief, had a headache and severe sinus pressure. I lasted a whopping 2 hours before I threw up the white flag and went home. On my way home, I called my doctor and got an appointment for later this morning. My self-diagnosis was confirmed — sinus infection. So, I am now on a sough syrup and an antibiotic. This is great since I am off this weekend and won’t have to miss any work. What is not so great is the fact that we are planning on recording Episode 43 of Growing Up Geek this evening.

How does one record a podcast when one has no voice?

I have been fighting off a cold for the past 2 months. This morning, I have officially lost. I’ve got the chills, a cough, mucus coming out of everywhere, and a general feeling of ‘blah’. I feel so crappy that I even stopped at the store on the way home from work and picked up some cough medicine.

As I write this shivering under my blanket, Jackson is next to me and he’s sick himself. He has diarrhea and won’t eat. Thankfully, it’s not the same thing I have. Probably just a small stomach bug.

I can’t wait to get him down for the night so I can go to bed myself. Normally I would think about taking a day off from work, but I can’t since we’re short staffed.

Oh well…

I had great plans to be in bed at a reasonable hour tonight. As you can tell by the time code on this post, it is not a reasonable hour and I am not in bed.

Insomnia and I are not strangers. In fact, I have always been a night-owl. It used to be the norm that I would be up until 3am nightly, get about 4 hours of sleep, and have a full and productive day. Sadly at my age now, that is no longer an option. The older I get, it seems the more sleep my body requires.

One positive note on not being able to sleep is that it gives me time to clean out the DVR.