Tired

I am so sick and tired of this cold I have it isn't even funny. Usually you get a cold and in about a week you get over it. I first come down with symptoms on the 13th of December and I still am not over the damn thing. It's the damnedest thing, I start to feel better than I have a relapse and feel worse again and my throat has been hurting like mad. Today I am on an upward spiral again. I feel better this morning than I did yesterday morning but how long will it last?<br />n<br />nAt this point I would give about anything to feel better. Working when you feel like this is so hard. It drains all the energy out of you but you need to continue on. Luckily the cows have been easy to take care of. We've been caking them and starting to hay a little bit which isn't too hard. Working on the addition to the house has really been draining though. About the time I got sick I finally got someone hired to build a mud room on my house.<br />n<br />nI'm not a carpenter so I was clueless but this guy has really been doing a good job and I have been working alongside of him to try to help get the job done and the cost down. This cold has really made this tough but we are about done. Just some trim and interior work to do and the room will be finished. I have been looking for somebody for over 10 years to do this project. This isn't the first guy to show an interest, but he is the only guy willing to come out here and do the job. I've learned a lot about carpentry watching and helping him. I might have learned more if i wouldn't have been in a daze most of the time but what the hey, the job is getting done.<br />n<br />nCattle are doing great and so is the family. Everybody has had the cold but it has knocked me worse than anybody and they are mostly over it now. I'm the only one still lingering. <br />n<br />n<strong>A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold. Ogden Nash </strong>