Weird Week..And It's Only Tuesday

I've been home sick with the crud that has been flying all over work and church.  I was a little under the weather a few weeks ago but it passed quickly and I didn't miss work.  This past weekend found me feeling poorly again.  I'm usually a fairly healthy person. Jack and I both feel blessed to be that way.  That's why I get pretty bummed when it actually takes me out of my usual schedule!  I'm feeling a little more normal today but decided I would stay home anyway just to feel more rested.  Sometimes pushing yourself isn't the smartest move.  I just have to get over feeling guilty or like I'm letting my coworkers down.  We're very short staffed because that's how the corporation likes it, but when sickness happens then we...the worker bees...suffer.  Anyway, I'm hoping for a better end to the week!  The other strange thing was the wind storm over the weekend.  Sunday started out 60de and sunny but by 10am it was blowing and the temps dropped and snow flurries hit the air.  The snow didn't amount to anything but there were power outages, downed trees, and wind damage around town.  We were lucky to have kept the power and I always worry about the pine trees falling.  Pine trees don't have super deep roots.  Ours have helped block the wind many times.  Our only testament to strong wind was the little pergola that fell over in the garden:

Jack says he'll fix it and I know he will.  He's threatening to put re-bar about 12 feet deep in the bottom! Ha!  Some other folks weren't as lucky as us.

This tree fell on a chimney that then went through the roof.  Ouch!  Also the pine tree that the University always uses for it's Christmas tree lighting ceremony was uprooted.  Another tragedy, that wasn't because of the wind storm, was our favorite orchard where we get our apples from lost it's barn to a fire.

Thankfully it happened before the wind storm or I'm sure the orchards would have been damaged too. Hopefully it will be rebuilt and ready for the owners by Fall harvest.  On another note I didn't say how our Arnie's surgery went last week.  He came through it much better than the first time he had surgery last year.  We switched Vets and are very happy with them.  The fatty tumor will probably come back again because it's pretty deep in the muscle and trying to get it all out could damage the nerves in his front leg. So we'll see how it goes but he's doing well although he's on a diet.  He's a little overweight so we're working on getting him back in shape for swimsuit season!

If he just didn't beg so dang cute we might have a better chance at slimming him down!  The only nice thing so far this week was seeing some sunshine yesterday.

It's pretty cold out but I'll take cold with no snow and lots of sun.  Even if it's just seeing it for the time it takes to get the dog out for a potty break....dang flu.  Hope your week is going better.