Hello out there to my family!!!!! Looks like round two with the flu.  I thought once I got over it, I could not catch it back.  Wrong, low grade fever, that sick feeling in the pit of your stomach.  The headache behind your eyes that make you wish that you could just drill a hole to relieve the pressure.  The sweats are back but I feel cold, and to top it all off my body is shaking like a flag in the wind.  My relief at work came in today his started up last night, and no we ain't that way.  So looks like the "anti-bodies" thing don't work with this swine flu chyt...sorry stuff.  Gang I hope none of you catch this bug, it is a mean little creature and it seems it has more than one life.  LOL   So I will see you all again and that is a promise.  It is a little more intense this time as a 20 year old in my town died from this nasty little creature.  I just hope I don't give it back to my grand kids.
Peace to You All
Mark

Hello out there to all my space friends.  Seems when my grand kids was told they had a lung infection, opps the Doctor was a little off.  So I watched my two little ones (they live with us now)  David aka Monker had a belly ache and low fever.  With  a nose that ran more the the Indy 500.  Deanna aka Monkett she had it a little harder her fever spiked at 103.2 scared the hell outta me.  I was ready to put cold water in the bathtub.  So what does the doctor do; "they both have bronchitis from living with smokers" so she gave them  an anti-biotic  My daughter told the doctor that I was allergic to "erthrowmicyn"  So what does the doctor do buy give them what I am allergic to.  They both broke out in hives and their skin started to peel just like a snake shedding.  Ok so I went off topic a little as for the symptoms which include the following.  Low grade fever never above 100.0 degrees for about 3 days, joint pain (like someone driving nails into your fingers) blurred vission, tightness in the chest.  Also your senses will be affected taste, smell, touch.  The nausea was the pits.  But no tossing my lunch or spending to much time in the head.  Add to that the tremors and not sleeping and their you have it the "Swine Flu Drag" Like I said I could eat but could not taste or smell anything.  And to top it off I got it from my grand kids and then gave it to my partner at work, and he took it home and gave it to his wife, (she hates me right now).  But this seems harder on little kids than us old guys like me.  I have had the Asian flu that put me in sick bay for four days in 72 and then in 83.  But this was not even close to how sick I was then.  Like I said WATCH THE KIDS.  I am still not at 100% but getting there , now if it would just stop raining on me at work I'll be ok...lol
Peace to You All
Mark
 

Hello out there to all my space friends.  The old tank has a bit of rust in his treads.  I've had very strange symptoms.  No fever, but tremors; not a cold, not the flu.  I think this is worse if that is possible.  My entire body aches, I had to call in sick (I never call in sick).  I can eat, but nothing I eat tastes like anything.  My old nose has been running like a race horse.  My chest feels like someone hit me with a sledgehammer twice.  No not a heart attack.  But it has sure messed up my senses, the worst of it vision blurry, depth perception shot, you name it and its off.  But the guy where I pick up my prescriptions told me today that there is a wicked bug about.  Nothing to do but ride it out.  All I can say is this feeling reminds of a cows rear hoof, thats been walking around the barn yard to long...LOL...
Peace to You All
Mark

Hello to all my spaces friends, we have a "big one" moving at us.  National Weather service has already giving the Tornado warning first step, means conditions are perfect for a good storm.  Kind of hard to explain when out my window I see sunshine and blue skies.  Tornado Watch means one has touched down adn its time to duck.  So I have about an hour maybe a little more to get all my toys into the garage and grab a handful of Candles, yes I got the odd flashlight or two but candles seem to be of more confort. I'll get back to you in a bit....
Peace
Mark

Hello my friends just what to leave you a little note.  It now -17 F windchill in somewhere around -30 and the coldest part of the night is still coming.  I wonder will my old pickup truck start she 350,00  miles on her, but only 100,000 on the new rebuilt engine.  But I just don't know if the old girl still has it in her to start in this type of weather.  Frost bite is the biggest problem now.  With the windchills rising it only takes a few ticks and you have the begining of frost bite. One thing is for sure I will be really cold tommorow.  This is going to be a long one.
Peace to you
Mark