Conference Report

Not pneumonia after all, but some sort of GI complaint. I shall not return to the Hilton Ballroom tomorrow. I feel like death eating a cracker and my right hand, with only one day off the trackball, is in agony. It was great to spend the day with Susie, but, if this is a bug, I don't want to hand it around. I've been up since five AM for the third time in a week of 18 hour days and that's guaranteed to keep you feeling crummy, so spending the day tomorrow as the quintessential blogger in her bathrobe feels like the right thing to do. It's supposed to be another gorgeous day before the first feeder bands of Alberto start to move in early Wednesday.

We need the rain, it was a dry winter and spring, but I've gotten a lot of experience with urban flooding since I moved east in '78. I don't have a basement, so that problem won't be mine, but getting around when the streets are flooded is a headache.

Expect tomorrow to be another light day while I give my guts and my aching hands a rest. The alternative is getting yelled at by the reveres (note the new URL, they've moved to the science blog place) and being incapacitated by the end of the week. I do not like getting yelled at by the reveres and I'm not a big fan of pain. There is some pent up desire and some big themes I want to address because of the posting problems I experienced today, but I'm going to have to balance desire with capacity (can you tell I'm over 50?) The recovery curve is longer at my age and I have to take a harder look at what price I'm willing to pay than I did even three years ago when I started this blog. DemfromCT recommends regular naps for those of us over 50, but I can't sleep when it is light out, no matter how tightly I draw the blinds

Thanks to all the people who stopped by the blogger tables today and said nice things about Bump. It was a pleasure to meet you all. Readers and commentors are a necessary part of the blogging world and the comments are the most interesting part of any blog.

Hang in there with me as I trying to get my aching bod back into some kind of shape with rest.