I wouldn't call it a miracle, more like clearer thinking.  But I am glad that my computer decided to work this morning.  I had gotten in to the office early because I had to make up for lost time.  So I got to work and had a pretty full several hours until about 1:30 when I got to a good stopping point and so I stopped.  I nursed my sore throat for a while until about 2:30 when Sheila and I left to do some errands one of which was to have our Christmas time with Sharon and Linzi and Zach.  We enjoyed our 4th day of Christmas and then came home to relax for the rest of the day.  My throat is some better but I wonder if somehow Spencer and me shared the dreaded 'strep'.  I'm trying to pretend that this is vacation time, but the amount of work challenges that idea.  But I'm not working myself too hard.  I know that the rest of the week there are lots of events that will make it easy for me to miss work.  The best of those will be Saturday.  I am really looking forward to our family party.  I will also keep at the work and do what I can to keep the desk relatively clean and move smoothly from December into January.  And at the same time I hope to continue getting better health-wise.  Tonight I decided to actually get in an hour of my work-out routine on my bike while watching the BYU ball game.  And it was as if it were a new thing for my body.  It doesn't take long to loose the edge when you slack off from your routine.  There is always something that I could be doing better.  It is overwhelming and dealing with it on that level may be the hardest part of all.  I did stick to it and finished the whole hour.  And I will keep on plugging away at the rest of it.  I'll work when I have to work and play when I am able to play.  And maybe play a little at my work when that works.