I HAve The Plague!

SHIP'S LOG:

ABISHAG sit nice and snug in Portland under her blue tarp. There has been a little wind, a little rain and even a little snow but nothing much of any of it. we are supposed to get a fair wallop today/tonight but we will just have to wait and see.

     In the meantime, I have the plague. Not quite sure where I acquired this "Christmas gift," but it is now four days along and seemingly coming to an end. Aches and pains, a little fever and a little tummy trouble. Nothing major. Thank goodness that my body's reaction to a cold or flu or anything of the sort is to shut down. I take some OTC medicine  and its off to bed. I basically sleep it off getting up only for food ( I even have some chicken soup!) and the occasional trip to the bathroom. It is all very peaceful and restful. This is the second cold this fall/winter season and that's a rare event. Usually one comes in January which puts me "on the hard" for a week and then leaves, but usually only one. I have had two so far and it is not even January yet. This does not bode well.

The Dismal Swamp is closed. Not the whole thing, just the sectional route of the ICW that passes through it. Evidently the storms and/or hurricanes that battered the area during the fall were responsible for a lot of detritus ending up in the channel making it impassible not that it was an easy passage to begin with.It is the oldest part of the ICW, going back to Colonial times, an it requires careful water monitoring to keep the depth deep enough for passage. The left water out of a lake to keep the water in the channel at a certain level. I was unable to travel it back in 2010/11 when I made my trap as they were experiencing a bit of a drought and the water level in the lake, hence in the channel, dropped below the level needed for a passage. Maybe next time.

O well, back to bed. I hate colds almost as much as I hate winters.