Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 3:45 a.m. in "The City."

The current temperature is 43° under cloudy skies. Today's high is forecast to reach only 49°, albeit under cloudy skies this morning that will give way to sunny skies later this afternoon. The sun will rise today @ 8:09 a.m. and set later @ 6:48 p.m.

Not much is happening here in GH. Outside the WW,  the streets are quiet and the rain has abated.

We got up early yesterday and went to the big-box drug store for our annual flu shots. I now remember what side-effect I suffer from following those shots. I couldn't get warm last night and I have a headache that will not go away. Apparently, there isn't enough ibuprofen nor acetaminophen on the planes to give me relief. I won't take more than the recommended dosage, but I'm not sure that that would make any difference if I did. Sigh. As of right now, I can't seem to get cool, another side-effect.

I did spend some time in the kitchen yesterday making a hammish and vegan Italian meatballs. Both turned out great and part of the hammish was our dinner. The meatballs will probably appear later today. At this point, I don't care. I just feel like I have the flu.

Mary continued her volunteer activities at the Loutit District Library local history room yesterday and she is still enjoying herself. Ginger isn't that thrilled to have Mary gone for over three hours.

After our flu shots, we made it down to the shores of the "Big Lake" where the waves were much calmer than they had been on Tuesday. Mary noted that north of here, on Tuesday, one buoy recorded wind speeds of over 60 mph! Those winds are regularly propelling the water towards the shoreline with devastating effect and some people are losing their homes to the raging waters, while others are actually moving their homes away from the shore, but that may only be a stop-gap measure.

The Cubs appear to be close to naming former catcher, David Ross, to the position of field manager. He has no managerial experience, but like Alex Cora of my beloved Red Sox, that may work out fine, or not. The major-leagues are littered with both successes and failures from that kind of move. However, catchers make the best managers, as they have seen the game as only someone behind the plate can.

Today, we'll be off to the chiropractor and then home. That's the extent of my level of ambition.
Ciao.