Back to work, slacker!

A nasty cold has been sweeping through the family. Dan got it first, and then Bobby. They must be tougher; they got through it with some annoyance, but it knocked Vickie and I down. I was unable to make it to lunch at work Monday and Tuesday, and I didn't try to go in yesterday. The rest seems to have helped, so it's off I go.

This is Vickie's grandfather. I'm sure a serious-looking guy like this wouldn't have let a little cold knock him over. Heck, great-grandpa worked with the threshers when he had smallpox! In a blizzard! Uphill!

Funny thing about this picture: this is actually a campaign picture he distributed while running for state senate from Sioux City. "Vote for me - I'll brook no misbehavior from those Des Moines People!" "A.D. Clem: stern discipline for Iowa!"