Last night, both Cianna and her mommy were heaving. I luckily escaped whatever invaded their guts. Mommy was better by morning, and Cianna by mid-day. I got a nice company bulletin via Blackberry that our office is closed an extra day after New Years in a show of mourning for President Ford.

Pictured here: My lunch of comfort food at the nearby Cantonese restaurant, a much needed car wash and interior vacuum, picking up chicken broth and other provisions for the sickies at home and Cianna enjoying the big snowman outside her bedroom window.

- mike lee - wheaton, md