GM. My second day off from the mail trail. I am starting to feel better. Oh, that's right I didn't tell you I was sick.

The morning after Christmas I was a pitiful man. I should've went home from work. I was chilled, nauseous, and achy while I sorted mail. I felt old beyond my years.

When I got on the mail route I would continuously moan and talk to myself. It was hard to imagine the next 10 minutes.

An hour in I wrote a text to my supervisor to tell her I was done. I didn't send it. Instead I texted Annie to have her bring out some pain killers.

An hour later we met close to our house. She brought Tylenol, Aleve, and 2 mason jars full of water.

God it was good to see her. She left disappointed though. She thought I should've called it off. It was the day after Christmas though. I was scheduled. And I didn't want to inconvenience anyone at work.

A half hour later, after taking the Aleve, I felt human again. I could imagine the day progressing. It got me through. That was the worst of it. A wave of pain and nausea hit again in the afternoon. So I took a couple of Tylenol. That seemed to eventually dull it. Nothing like the Aleve though.

Here I am 4 days later at 80 to 90 percent.

It snowed all yesterday. When I raked it off the hood of my mail jeep at 10 PM there was over 8 inches.

The wind started blowing hard at dusk. It blew the snow off the pines and created white outs. I was snow blowing then. When I went in the house to get a drink and warm up they said the lights were flickering. Ever since the power outage in the winter of 2022 there's been concern about them.

Well, I am going to finish this fire off and enjoy the heat before heading out to move snow for the automobiles. It's 14 now. Half of what it was when I went to bed.

I hope you have a great day!

Morning Fire 78

12.29.25

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