My hard drive crashed in El Salvador and I lost all my editing software (see the golden masthead above with no lettering).  Two conferences.  My sister got married.  I photographed Nick’s cousin’s wedding.  And life continued to march right along.

And then last night I was walloped with a fever that had my teeth chattering and in a cold sweat on the couch.

Ugh.

I ate a chocolate chip cookie slowly, later in the afternoon when my stomach had comes down and I wanted something sweet on my tongue to combat the bland taste of sickness in my mouth.

That cookie is sustaining me until I get my software back, until I get myself back on track, and get back into writing.

Have a cookie.  You’ll thank me later.