DairyKing's Notizen, 18 Jan 13

Buzz, buzz, buzz . . . Woke up at 5:30 to this prodding on my butt, and the annoying buzz of the alarm clock - an hour later than what it was set for. I asked DW why she was playing with my butt. She said she'd nudged me about 5 or 6 times. Wow! Slept for over 8 hours! Still felt groggy when I finally rolled off the bed. I must be making up for lost slumber time. Maybe I'd better lay off the Nyquil.

Didn't have time to eat breakfast, so I ate one of those Nutri-Something berry bars and washed it down with some Sunny D. Fed the cats and dogs, washed up and headed out the door - and remembered that I was running out of gas. I knew I should have filled up last night! Drove to the Convenience store, and paid at the pump. I didn't dare go in, considering I had just missed breakfast, and they make fresh doughnuts, apple fritters and raspberry flips every morning. Convinced myself to be content to sip the coffee patiently waiting and nestled in the cup holder in the truck. Got to work a little late, but feeling smugly superior since I had beaten the snack monster.

I'm envious of all the people in the Southeast that got dumped on yesterday. I never thought I'd be asking for snow in Illinois, but we need it. Here it is, the middle of January, and we've had one mild snowfall. That just ain't natural here! And it doesn't look any better for the next 10 days. Besides that, I need to get out and play with my tractor.

I'm looking forward to this long weekend. I now have the opportunity to do what I've been telling all my FS friends that I was going to do for the last month. I imagine that I won't get everything done, but I do know that I won't be bundled up in a chair, blowing my nose, and hacking myself to death. Yay! It looks like a lot of my FS Warriors are just getting the cold or flu now; I feel for you. Seems this stuff gets nastier every year. Hope all of you get well soon. Toodles!