For those of you expecting a post early in the week, I’d like to apologize. I’ve spent the last three days in a stomach virus haze.

While there are things to be learned from getting sick, they are not encouraging blog topics at the moment. I’d rather have missed it. I won’t drag you through it.

Suffice it to say, I’m recovering and working on hard on things like sitting upright, eating and staying awake.

Nessie is not happy with me. We went from three miles every morning to one seriously bored puppy overnight.

Suzie is to be highly commended for dealing with an overly energetic puppy and a seriously underpowered husband.

Kudos also to my son Billy, who has stepped handily into the mundane tasks normally covered by his mundane dad.

The only one to be seriously concerned about is Nessie. So far she’s shredded the mail, a glasses case, my favorite pair of glasses and her crate. She needs a good run, for all of our sakes.

I will post something later this week. Thank you for your patience with this patient.

I . . . um . . . zzzzzz . . .