Wipeout!

Just as I expected: I've crashed and burned. When I fell asleep at my desk again yesterday, for the second day in a row, I knew I was in trouble. It just didn't make any sense, going at this pace and thinking I wouldn't collapse. Woke up this morning with a raging cold and a case of laryngitis. Sent the children off to day care, and have been in bed in a stupor all day. You know you're really sick when you can't even relax and enjoy a sick day.

And the rain! It's been raining steadily all week, so much so that the rivers have burst their banks, the roads are congested with traffic that has no way to go, and three adults and a 9 month old baby were killed by a tree brought down by the rain. How awful! It's grey and dark and miserable, and my backyard is under water. My electronic gate has been malfunctioning, so on Monday I had to get out of the car and walk through flood waters to open it manually. Hence the laryngitis, I suppose.