If you’re one of my facebook peeps, you know from my status updates that I haven’t been feeling too hot, being afflicted with some sort of stomach thing, which I now know has been traveling through my work place.  I seem to have been more lightly afflicted than most, for which I am grateful.  My lower level of affliction could be down to the Activia (pro-biotics, doncha’ know) I’ve been dutifully eating every day, or it could be just dumb luck.  Whatever the reason, I am grateful that I haven’t missed any work and so can save my days off for time with the family.

Nevertheless, I’ve been fighting a queasy stomach, headache and tiredness since Sunday.  Yesterday, the queasiness and headache were much improved and I was left with only the tired part, so I decided to take a bike ride this morning, the first since last Friday.  I thought maybe the lingering tiredness was owed to the lack of endorphins supplied by regular exercise.  The bike ride, which I shortened, was an exercise in endurance.  My body was not happy with me…I’m hoping I don’t pay for it later today. 

It was nice to back out in the early morning freshness.  We had a little rain last night so the air seemed cleaner than usual and the morning sky had a nicely scrubbed appearance.  The changing of the seasons is beginning with the leaves just starting to color.  I can count my blessings in spite of the difficulty of the exercise. 

Another bonus is that the kids have a day off from school today for Yom Kippur, so I don’t have to rush them out of bed and out the door.  I can drink my morning coffee at my leisure.

A good day to you all!