<I'm home with a sinus infection, and evening Story Time is tonight and I sound like Mickey Mouse.

I'm tired and cross. Please forgive my temper.



Suspected something like that. I have a finely-honed radar, developed over 25 years of marriage, which detects when the problem being complained about by the woman isn't the real problem at all. My life would be a lot easier if it operated at 100 percent efficiency... ;)

Besides, people on this board are relatively forgiving when I blow a gasket online.

Fighting off a cold myself today, which is no fun working in a garage with a ceramic heater in a Northern California cold snap. Taking "Airborne" fizzy tablets, which have worked well for me in the past. That, and aspirin.

My voice is no great shakes either, which is rough right now since I am reading "Hound of the Baskervilles" to my son at night, and then have to go downstairs and read "The Dragon and the George" to my daughter. It's a lot easier when they are both willing to hear the same book, and God help me if I short either one on reading time. The tough part is trying to remember which voice I am using for which character.