A Feeble Explanation

There is no good excuse for my not posting to this blog in the past several weeks. There is, however, a feeble explanation. This is it.

While I was trying to make a habit of posting to this blog at least once a week and commonly more often, I got derailed by a bout with the flu. It was one of those strains that the current vaccine did not prevent. The reason I can tell even though I did not get the vaccine, is that I managed to pass it along to someone else who had received the shot a couple of months before.

Anyway, I was in bed with the flu for about a week. Even though I went back to my job, I still felt really tired and coughed quite a bit. In fact, the coughing persisted for a number of weeks afterward. Others who had this influenza have told me similar stories. For the sake of my ability to function at work, I felt obliged to rest as much as possible when I came home. So, instead of blogging, I lay in bed. Instead of studying Spanish, I lay in bed. Instead of doing a number of household chores, I lay in bed.

Once all this laying around was no longer necessary, I had a lot of catching up to do with other things. Blogging took a seat in the far back of the bus. Now, regular posting is no longer a habit.

By the way, we really really really need universal health care.

That's Wade's two cents.

Wade Houston
May 10, 2008