Sometimes I have to be reminded that I am not quite the tank that I think I am. This past week reminded me of that fact.

Tuesday morning I woke up with what felt like chills. As the morning progressed, I found that I was growing dizzy and weak. By the midafternoon I was a crumpled heap. The flu had gotten me and it bit me good.

I'll make a long, hard story short and just go ahead and ask everyone to look into a flu shot because, let me tell you, this year's was pretty bad.

Here's to a healthy and hairy new year!

-Robert