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I'm not a good sick person, and that's just what I've been for two days now. Woke up yesterday feeling like I'd been hit by a truck, but bravely decided to go ahead to work in the hope that I would miraculously feel better. Wrong. Took me less than an hour to request a sub and take myself on home where my stomach rumbled and my head floated among the clouds for the better part of the day. Feeling better by dinner time, I attempted to eat the veggies Jeff brought home from Cracker Barrel...that did not sit well. But hope continues to spring eternal, so I got up and got dressed for work again this morning. Again, it took about 20 minutes for me to decide that was not especially a good idea, either. So here I am, nursing my rumbly tummy and thinking that it might possibly be on the mend. We'll see. I hate being out from work because it's just a pain. And sickness seems like weakness somehow.

On the upside, I finished A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris yesterday and The Exile by Diana Gabaldon last night. Today's been a napping, tv, computer sort of day, but I did start The Demon's Covenant by Sarah Rees Brennan. So if there's an upside to feeling yucky, it's spending time doing nothing much and feeling no guilt because, hey, I'm sick.

~taminator40

Warning...Be Prepared for Book Reviews

I finally finished Devil's Brood by Sharon Kay Penman (I ended up enjoying it quite a bit after I struggled through the first 200 pages or so), but haven't done the official review yet. I guess I'm dragging on that, since it took sooooo long to actually finish that 700+ page behemoth, but be prepared for it within the next few days. I definitely have something to say; I'll just have to organize my thoughts coherently and buckle down. In the meantime, I've also read an interesting little book for review for the Historical Novel Society entitled "Oh Johnny" by Jim Lehrer...am going to have to think about that one, too, before committing my review to...well, not paper; maybe screen? document? file? anyone?

So while you wait, enjoy this actual road sign from Texas (shared by Gillian from Oz):
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,484326,00.html

~taminator40