Dateline: above the garage in Portsmouth RI, 11 January 2005
Thank God for small favors.
Yesterday I was feeling like I was doing pretty well on the sinus infection and that I could possibly head into work like normal today. Last night, I even went to my son Kevin's second basketball practice and did my normal coaching thing, feeling a bit drained afterwards, but nothing really unexpected.
Stayed up late organizing for today's writing (a big expansion on the SysAdmin force concept) and went to bed feeling funky but within range.
Then I spent the evening vomiting every couple of hours. Whatever baby Vonne Mei had the night before, I now have, and it's hitting me like a landslide.
So there I was lying in bed this morning, trying to steel myself to the notion that I would still head to the local NBC station in the early evening to tape the "Hardball" show, when frankly I was dreading the whole thing like nobody's business.
Then Putnam calls and PR boss-man Steve Oppenheim says "Hardball" wants to drop the show back a day to cover the just-released CBS report on the whole Guard papers scandal that led to Rather's rather abrupt retirement.
Yes!
When I saw the morning new shows and heard about the report I was hoping this would happen, so CBS saves my ass for the day, and I get another 24 to get over whatever this latest thing is.
Brutal winter so far in this household. I had thought that writing the sequel in January would be a snap, but so far, it ain't turning out that way.
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