Thanks, everyone, I don't think this was supposed to turn into a pity party, but hey, what can I tell you? It is taking me literally 10-15 minutes to find a way to get out of bed in the mornings (try that when you're about to pee your pants), I've even been setting my clock for a 4:00am mega-dose of Zanaflex.

I do think the sudden drop in temps with high humidity is partly to blame— I hope that's it, I'm trying to avoid a Bac-pump.

The redeeming factor in all this grounded time has been Ken Burns's National Parks on PBS, I have watched the whole thing twice all week, and also at PBS.org where they'll have it streaming until Oct. 9.

It is super fun for me to compare my own pics with the ones taken at the turn of the last century and know exactly where they were shot. What an amazing buzz that has given me!

Oh! RW & Lambchop, our pic on the rocks is in there too (we're not, just the rocks in the lake! *smacks*).