Just between you and me, I haven't been feeling great lately.  It goes beyond the bloat I feel from eating too much, something that won't be alleviated because I'm hitting the State Fair a couple more times before it's gone.  But I've been coughing some too, and I've been blowing my nose more often as well.  I hear allergies are kicking up, and August is the time I get my second wave of it (mostly from ragweed, even though I don't know if ragweed levels are up right now).

Do you know what's also kicking up?  COVID.  I have been kind of loose with the precautions (asshole at the Fair aside), so I easily could've gotten it.  Man, I wish I could get a new vaccine.  Well, if it's too late, I hope I'm healthy enough to live through it.