A Sick Santa Is Not A Pretty Santa

I have been virtually out of commission the past few days. It started with a couple of days of headaches that just wouldn't seem to go away. Then the stomach problems (don't ask for details). Then that aching, weak feeling you get in your legs when your fever spikes. Then chills. I was able to push through until yesterday. I worked from home... from bed, actually... all day yesterday. I even teleconferenced into the staff meeting just across the village square at HQ yesterday. After thinking about it some more, I am pretty sure I caught it from Billy (read my Nov 27th post). Thank goodness I have Mrs. Claus & Jingle to keep this place running!

I was back up to speed today. It's a good thing as I had a lot of catch-up work to do before I leave in the morning. The next couple of days are going to be extremely busy as I am going to make a number of appearances across South America, Australia, New Zealand, and Africa on Wednesday through Sunday. While I will still make appearances in Asia, Europe, and North America, this focus on the southern hemisphere (dubbed "Operation Southern Cross") will result in me working out of a base at an undisclosed location south of the equator. So my blog may go until late this weekend without an update.... we'll see what kind of time I have. I'm expecting only about 2 hours of available sleep time each night and little, if any, break or free time in the schedule.

I'll try to keep in touch so check back in!