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Life is NOT FAIR!

(Fair = that four-letter-"F"-word)

Days are short & I can only ride weekends. The last two weekends have been cold & raining. I don't ride in cold & rain. I have nothing to prove. I'm not Lance Armstrong.

This weekend will be warm & sunny. Lows 45 degrees, highs 75 degrees. Great, except I've been sick all week. Fever, cough, headache and recently stuffy head. Just when I think I'm over it BLAM, I get hit with something else.

I'm very spoiled. I enjoy really good health (but I also eat wisely, exercise daily and get my 8 hours of sleep, so it ain't no accident!) When I get sick, I HATE IT.

I caught it at work. People come to work sick. We get sick time. Why can't people use their sick time? Nobody laid on their death bed wondering what was in their in-box. Makes me absolutely crazy. That, and people who come to the gym sick. Coughing up a lung. Stay home!

I tell my co-workers to go home. They seem to think it's a badge of honor to work while they're sick. They are "dedicated" or something. Our entire department has had people off work because eventually they can no longer come in. Get a clue!

<rant off>

Thanks for listening.