I’m back … well, sort of.

For the past couple of weeks I’ve been feeling under the weather. It hasn’t been down on my back sick, but sick enough to muddle my brain {as if anyone could tell}.

Technically, I’ve been battling a bout of bronchitis. I’ve had it before, but this time it has been different. Normally, it was a lot of hacking and coughing … you know, real deep stuff. Five minutes or so and a chug of cold water and the spasm was over. This time around, there’s the coughing, but it’s not deep. And it has totally wiped me out.

I have been able to work at my day job, but that’s really not so much of an accomplishment. Since my office is attached to my house, I would trudge into the office, do a little work, head back into the living room, sit in my lounger, turn on some soft music and drift off for a nap. After the nap, it’s back to the office for some more work … and so on. It’s made for some weird office hours.

I tried to put down some thoughts over the past few days, but knew I was in trouble when the eyes closed with my fingers still on the keyboard.  So I opted to sit some time out and let the rest of the blog world take over.

It’s also reinforced a basic principle of life — we are not in control, as much as we like to think we are. A little thing like bronchitis can change your outlook. I was running at a frenetic pace and needed to slow down. Of course, I wouldn’t do that on my own.

THOUGHT TO REMEMBER: Know how to work, but also know how to play.