sick

I had been doing so well. I was beginning to think I was going to make it through the entire cold/flu/sick season without getting ill once. Oopsie Daisies.

The goal is to re-open the school on Tuesday

Some experts are already indicating some 'troubling signs'.

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says five people died from the flu last week, bringing the season total to nearly 30 in the state.

Sumner Memorial High School located in Sullivan was forced to close yesterday because 12 teachers called out sick.

The flu we've got here at the station seems more rugged than normal

Sometimes you just need to know when to fold em'. Unless it's because my children are sick and need me, I don't like to take time away when I'm sick. Yes, I know that's not super-fair to my coworkers that have to share the same air as me, but I look at it as I can either be sick at home or at work- what's the difference?

And, if it does, HOW does it work?

if you're sick STAY HOME. This stuff can spread like wildfire. I know, I'm writing this from my office at the station right now, which is the opposite of the advice I just gave

Yes, there is something else making people ill this winter

45 Pounds of toothy cuteness! Yup, it's an enormous beaver and, according to experts in beaver health, he didn't look too good. He was captured and will be nursed back to health before being released. While they have him in captivity, I think a little teeth whitening might be in order. Just sayin'.

This is first time this has ever happened to me while at home without the wife. At about 9:15 this morning the phone rings, I see it says, "City of Auburn" on the caller ID and I pick up thinking one of my boys forgot something at school but no it was the Auburn Middle School nurse telling me that Justin has a fever with a headache and sore throat.

Today is one of those days you ask yourself, do I call in sick or not? For me, the answer is almost always no and even if I am "too sick to work," I try to get what I need done, done.

It's another sensational super sonnet from my voluminous works...

Go ahead, call in. But know, if you're faking, the boss is probably on to you and for some very good reasons!

Oh boy here we go, my first sickness of the winter season. At some point this evening, I started getting a bit light headed and didn't think much about it, but then on my drive home it hit, the shivers. Can't believe it's the weekend and here I am getting sick.