This cold is kicking my butt!
Were it not for the commitments I had already made ,I probably would have come home from my bus run and gone to bed. hat probably would have been the prudent thing to do .
However, life had other plans for me, which at the end of the day was probably a good thing. 
In addition to being the substitute bather in the shop today, a number of challenges arouse that needed my immediate attention. While most of these are still being worked out, had I succumbed and retreated to my bed, critical days would have been lost, which of course could have had some very costly consequences.
Everyone gets sick. It happens. And the world does not come to an end when that happens. 
Life does go on.
Still, it's now going on 6 pm.
Dinner is almost completely ready.
As soon as Susan and Max get home, I need only turn the burner on under the pot on the stove, and light the oven. 30 minutes later they will be eating a delicious dinner and I can be nuzzling my pillow in hopes of waking refreshed and well on my way to mending.
Hopefully by morning, the other challenges that arose today will have been resolved as well. 
All's well that ends well.
And I am none the worse for wear.