Blogging Ottinger (tim)Crazy Week
It’s a crazy week. I flew out Sunday, after some flight delays due to weather.
I had a minor delay getting a rental car, and then an interruption getting into my room at the hotel. Normally I wouldn’t have minded, but somewhere near the end of the flight I started getting ill. But when I checked into my room around midnight I had what appears to be a case of food poisoning. I needed a place of private suffering, so every small delay was stressing me out. I know that by 2:00am I was so sick I didn’t know which way to turn. I pitied my neighbors for their poor nights sleep. Monday was spent not working. I made peace with drinking water by noon, was eating a sandwich by 6:00p, and managed to sleep Monday night.
Tuesday work was really was great. I am visiting a really great team and learning as much as I’m teaching. There is much good afoot here. On the other hand, my sleep cycle is shot. I got maybe three and a half hours sleep.
Now I find that I’ve picked up some kind of sinus thing. The more athletic parts of Sunday night have left my sternum in a pretty painful and tender state. Sneezing and coughing aren’t fun with the sternum thing, but I feel so tremendously better than I did Monday, it’s almost heaven. I’ll have the sleep thing squared away and all will be normal or better. I’m happy these are all little things, and short-lived.
Last week’s spring break with my kids and wife was great, even though I joked about it with my Des Moines sign photo. It was so nice being all together, spending time and having fun. I even got some swimming in … or at least I got to wrestle and play in the water. I am really happy that I didn’t come down with any of this earlier. I am really grateful for the timing. I’d rather be sore and tired this week than last.
Short form, though: I’m fine, how are you?
