Thank God for rain! In general I love rain anyway, but the past few weeks the pollen and mold counts here have been through the roof. Today�s rain calmed at least the pollen down for a few hours. We�ve been leaving the windows open for some fresh air, but that�s proved to be unwise. What started out as allergies is now a full-blown, bona-fide illness. Last night was spent on the couch with aches, hot and cold flashes, coughing, a temperature and a Red Sox game gone horribly wrong.

And that�s another reason to be thankful for the rain. Today�s game between the Sox and the Oriole�s got rained out. That�s okay. Really. The O�s are on fire right now. Last year I thought they�d be a force to be reckoned with, but they crapped out pretty quick. This year seems to be different. The O�s have been trouncing everyone. And has anyone noticed that Sammy Sosa is considerably smaller than he used to be? Hmmm� wonder why that is? *scratches chin*

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Haven�t worked out the past 2 evenings. Tough to exercise when you�ve got a fever and no energy. Ugh. Hope I shake it out soon. The winter was tough enough with illness. I�ll be damned if it dominates the spring, too.

The good news is, when I got on the scale this morning, it showed I�m down 8.5 pounds now. It better not be lying. If I could continue to lose, on average, .85 pounds per day, heck, in 6 months I�d be looking and feeling pretty darn good. I know losing weight that rapidly is not going to happen, but one can dream. It�d be nice if it were as easy to lose weight as it is to gain it.

Poor D lost a few pounds over the weekend, himself. We still don�t know if he had a stomach bug or if it was food poisoning (we ate out Saturday), but it wasn�t fun. It started about 1 o�clock Sunday morning. Whatever he ate decided it didn�t want to stick around anymore. It continued until around noon. Around 2:30 Sunday afternoon he was finally able to keep some Jell-O down. He went for the chicken soup around 7 and fortunately that stayed down too. He had to stay home from work on Monday though because he still wasn�t right. He didn�t look back to normal until he got home from work yesterday. He played volleyball last night but didn�t drink any alcohol afterwards. He figured since he�d just about got himself hydrated again after the weekend, he didn�t need to dehydrate himself again so quickly.

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Well, this has been an exciting entry. I think I�ll go to bed now. Pleasant dreams to all. Thanks for stopping by. :-)