Monday Morning Cold and Sunny Walk

    Yesterday I had the worst headache when I got up, so took something, and went back to bed. I actually slept until nearly 11:00! I must have really needed it. A shower helped, but was not feeling food. Of course my mind started going there, and I thought of all the other symptoms. Achiness-well that's 24/7 365 days, so not a good indicator. I had no temperature. I lazed around a bit more, then my older daughter bought over a piece of garden art she made with swirl paint, and made me coffee that I desperately needed. My younger made me a gilled sandwich with ham, cheese, tomato and spinach, and eggs. It was quite tasty!. Supper ended up being just frozen pizza. It was cold and wet. DH brought cupcakes to his mom-we had already given her a flowering basket, but since cold, no one was going to be lingering outside. The kids all called her, and will stop and see her later in the week as it is supposed to return to spring again. We talked with my son for over an hour last night too, so it was a good day, despite the headache that never really went away. 

     Having no exercise yesterday, and generally just being a tired slug, my body was even more sore than usual. Rather than more whining, after dressing, I saddled on my shoes and took the pup for a very cold, very early morning walk. It was quite nice, though apologies to my neighbors as the site of pup out their windows sent a few dogs into a state of frenzy. Normally on a Monday morning, I'd be seeing people getting up,  cars backing out of driveways as early workers got on the road. I was early, but in normal times, I would have gotten back to my  block about the time the early bus came, so in normal times might have seen kids waiting. Nope-barely saw a soul this morning, just the 19 year old across the street leaving. The sun was deceiving-so bright even as early as 6:30, but I could see my breath. By the time I was home, I really wanted my coffee!

     Today is going to be a brutally long day. Several tough issues, aren't they all, have finally reached the surface and we are expecting decisions to finally be made. That means my team will need to act fast, but first, gear up those that will need to carry out the work to understand what is in store. I was already responding to late e-mails that came in yesterday, pulling data, crunching numbers. My official work day extends past 8:00 as the biweekly Monday evening meeting is tonight. I won't get a noon walk today, so glad I got out there this morning. Happy Monday.