State of the Tavern Keeper - Officially Ill - The Doc Says So

This has been a very busy week even before taking into account I've felt like crap most of the month. My mother's cousin (mom has power of attorney) was hospitalized Monday with the beginnings of pneumonia (he stays in assisted living usually). He's got dementia, so I'm not even sure he knew about the change of scenery. Oh, had to get work done on the car. Then my mother was due to see her doc (same doc as me) so I took her yesterday and went myself.

Yep, this never ending cold I've had which has been one hell of an annoyance - its an upper respiratory infection. 10 days of antibiotics. This will be fun.

Did I mention I'm on telephone standby for Jury Duty next week? Escaped Monday thus far.

At least I have the above sketch by +James Shields to put a smile on my face :)