Happy Brand Spanking New Year

So far, 2011 is a mixed bag. I'm in my second week of waging war against a flu, and I'm more frustrated than I've been in a long time with it. I want to feel like myself again, but my sick-o lungs have put a wrench in that plan.

At least I managed to do the 4-mile NY Roadrunners' Midnight Run, and at least I had good friends with me. Of course, I'm still officially a 3rd or 5th wheel. 2011 better wipe at least the feeling of that away, since actually wiping the reality of it away seems like a tall order that's never going to get filled.

Here's hoping the past couple weeks aren't an omen for another pretty bad year.

And, a New Year's toast to thinking positively (and getting back on a normal sleep schedule that doesn't involve elderly-style nursing home naps all day long).

there went a week of my life ...

Oh, flu, how you floored me.

Luckily, I'm better just in time for New Year's. I'm running the NYE run for NY Roadrunners in NYC, so it will be a mostly booze free affair, which I think is just delightful. Unfortunately, I've been out of commission for over a week, so that coupled with the piles of snow on the ground and chilly air could prove interesting. However, I think I'm going to be fine, since it's just a fun run.

There couldn't be anything less thrilling than most of that last paragraph.

No Updating for the Sick

I haven't had a lot of experiences to report, thanks to the quarantine (which I actually broke on Day 4, which would be yesterday). Unless someone would like to hear about all the dishes I broke thanks to not having light (still) in my kitchen (thanks to the water damage that still has not been repaired from the leaky roof) and being low on brain function, or that I came very close to dressing up my cat for my own amusement (because I got sick of watching television when the work was done), you're in for a big storytelling goose egg.

All I have to do today is some sundry writing and to interview someone for a story later, so I'm taking this opportunity to enjoy the 70-plus degree sunny weather and go on another run. Hopefully today I won't feel like my face is going to blow up afterwards. It's all about progress ...