SATURDAY 4 MARCH
I stayed home to rest due to the pain in my side making it hard to walk.

SUNDAY 5 MARCH
More rest

MONDAY 6 MARCH
Helping SPP with R1. Called doctor to get them to order scan. They said they would call back in two hours but did not.

TUESDAY 7 MARCH
Helping SPP with R1; he finished and gave it to Al for layout. I helped FCOL with gunboats. Jean and i discussed proofreading of R1.
I called doctor who again promised to call with appointment. Pain is considerable.

WEDNESDAY 8 MARCH
Steve P looking into R6. I said I wanted to see the reports and see if Al could do the easy stuff. Helped FCOL with gunboats. Discussed ways I could help Al and Jean move R1 forward.
I called doctor again and they promised to call back with appointment for scan.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, March 10, 2023 - 04:16 pm: Edit

THURSDAY MARCH 9TH
My doctor called and will see my Friday, a day he normally does not work, but he knows i am in pain and not a hypocondriac.
Steve Petrick showed me 61 pages of reports for fixes to R6.
I helped FCOL more with gunboats.
Al was working on final fixes for R1.

FRIDAY MARCH 10TH
The doctor said he would schedule the scan, but no word so far.
Steve Petrick had done 20 of the 61 pages of R6 rulebook reports, hasn't started the SSDs.
I helped FCOL more with gunboats. the main series are sent.
I sent Simone the stuff for the newsletter.
I approved the reprint of eight FCOL cards from various previous products. We run out of these are various times and every month or three we reprint a few.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 - 12:10 am: Edit

SATURDAY MARCH 11
Stayed home to rest. The pain in my knee comes and goes but the pain in my side is constant.

SUNDAY MARCH 12
Stayed home to get what rest I could.

MONDAY MARCH 13
Called doctor's office. They said the scan request had been sent to the company with the shortest waiting list, but they have yet to call me with an appointment. It's not possible to get through their computer to a human, just to leave voicemail, which they ignore.
Hard to sit up at my desk for more than a few minutes at a time.
I sent the rest of the gunboats and interceptors to FCOL.
I helped Petrick with some R6 issues.
Jean and I discussed some pricing changes.
I started digging through F&E CIVIL WARS. It's not in as good a shape as I thought.

TUESDAY 14 MARCH
Got the call scheduling my scan for tomorrow morning. Pain is considerable. Not much got done by me.
Steve Petrick reached page 52 of the 61 page rule book report for R6.
Jean and Mike got orders out.

WEDNESDAY 15 MARCH
Had the scan. Worked on Civil Wars and helped Al on R1.
Steve Petrick made progress on the rulebook for R6.
Jean and Mike got orders out.

THURSDAY 16 MARCH
Bitter cold and rain turning to snow.
Awful pain all day, when I got home I had to take a powerful pain killer which knocked me out. While at the office, I found a repair tech for the broken book binder, did the R1 annexes for Al and Steve, told Jean I would accept no excuses for delaying R1, started on the R1 MSC, talked to the company printing map panels for FC.
Steve P kept pushing on R6, getting to the scenarios.
Jean and Mike got orders out.
The artist doing the CL55 cover sent it in and wow it is spectacular. He also sent some interior art which sparked a discussion between myself and Jean.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, March 24, 2023 - 10:45 am: Edit

MARCH 23 THURSDAY
I just realized I haven't posted in a week. That's mostly due to the pain from the hernia and frustration with the medical bureaucracy. According to GREY'S ANATOMY I should have had corrective surgery by the second commercial on the first day I talked to a medical person. Instead, it's going to be almost four weeks before I officially see a surgeon and he officially tells me how soon I can have this fixed and the pain ended. (Could be 1d6 weeks.)

Anyway, in the interim, some things happened.
Jean and Mike Sparks kept orders going out.
We got the back bathroom fixed.
We got the heater in the back half of the building fixed.
Still waiting for the insurance company to call back about the leaking roof.
I got the Kzinti interceptor FC card done for the newsletter. Mike west did a new SFB fast patrol ship for us. I haven't made much progress on Civil Wars due to the pain. A typical day is 15 minutes of progress followed by an hour of waiting for the pain to go away, then repeat endlessly.
Steve Petrick finished R1 and started working on R6, then had to go back to R1 to fix things Jean found wrong.
Al Beddow took over page layout and got it all done for R1 yesterday. I think the PDF for the rulebook should hit the download stores sometime but it's one darn fool thing after another. Several times we made a list of "everything needed to finish R1" and did everything ont the list only to discover that there are more things that we should have put on the list and forgot. The R1 SSD book is done except for rearranging the pages and having Shawn do the color versions.
At least today (Friday) I get to have my favorite lunch (French dip sandwich and a bowl of strawberries instead of the normal French fries) which is probably the only reason I got out of bed.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, March 27, 2023 - 10:12 pm: Edit

MARCH 24TH FRIDAY
I helped Steve wrap up the R1 SSD book. Jean proofread it and found several pages needing fixes.

MARCH 25TH SATURDAY
Steve Petrick and I went to the office to make the fixes. Steve also worked on the R6 SSD book.

MARCH 26TH SUNDAY
Day off to rest.

MARCH 27TH MONDAY
Jean/Mike processed orders.
Jean sent R1-RB to the PDF stores and R1-SSDB to Sean for colloring so it can be released next month.
Steve Petrick worked on R6, getting to the end of the Orion SSDs.
I did the table of contents page for R1-SSDB and laid out the battle plan to get all of R6 done in a few weeks. Jean asked me to do the print edition of AO22 before I started retyping the MSC for R6-RB which is my part of that project.
Most of the day I spent at the hernia surgeon who told me that what I have, painful as it is, cannot be corrected by surgery, so the pain endures for my lifetime, which is kinda depressing. He prescribed a medical velcro thing to reduce the pain, and told me to lose 30 pounds and get back to the gym and it would help.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, April 03, 2023 - 02:23 am: Edit

Shucks, I never remember to update this, like I should, every day.

I don't remember day-to-day details but...
Jean got a lot of orders out.
Steve Petrick finished the R6 SSD fixes on Saturday and then called to say he had discovered a minor thing he had to add on 20 of them.
I got the R6 MSC done and worked on the newsletter stuff.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, April 06, 2023 - 12:14 am: Edit

TUESDAY 4 APRIL
Steve Petrick worked on R6.
Leanna ordered me to take the day off to take her to a movie. (65)
Jean and Mike worked on orders.
At the end of the day, a gust of 50mph wind blew the door of Jean's car into Steve Petrick, almost crushing his fingers and knocking him to the ground. He his the reset switch in the back of his skull and had problems waking up, so Jean took him to the emergency room for a scan to see if he had a skull injury. While bruised and battered, he survived the experience.

WEDNESDAY 5 APRIL
I had major oral surgery (5 hours unconscious as they screwed bolts into my jaw and screwed new teeth to the bolt. I spent the rest of the day in a dream state on pain killers and only at 11pm did I feel like checking on line.
Steve Petrick worked on R1 and R6 and another project.
Jean and Mike got orders out.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 - 04:15 pm: Edit

THURSDAY APRIL 6
I stayed home on pain killers.
Jean and Mike got orders out.
Steve Petrick worked on R6
It was the 46th anniversary of my first phone call to Leanna.

FRIDAY APRIL 7
I made it to the office but should not have.
Mike worked on inventory.
Jean took Good Friday off.
Steve Petrick worked on R6.
It was the 46th anniversary of my first date with Leanna.

SATURDAY APRIL 8
SUNDAY APRIL 9 EASTER
Everybody took time off.

MONDAY APRIL 10
I took the day off.
Steve Petrick worked on R6.
Jean and Mike worked on orders.

TUESDAY APRIL 11
I got to the office despite being sick from weird diets and pain pills and did the TurkeyHawk SSD.
We had email problems; it would not send.
Steve Petrick worked on R6
Jean and Mike worked on orders.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 12
I got to the office but I wasn't feeling well. I did the TurkeyVulture SSD and send both to Ken Kazinski after Petrick checked them and Jean fixed email.
Jean and Mike worked on orders.
Steve Petrick checked SSDs and worked on R6.
It was the 46th anniversary of my second date with Leanna, and our first kiss.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 - 12:08 am: Edit

THURSDAY APRIL 13
I worked on various tasks.
Jean and Mike did orders.
Steve Petrick continued to assemble the R8 MSSB.

FRIDAY APRIL 14
I worked on various tasks.
Jean and Mike did orders.
Steve Petrick continued to assemble the R8 MSSB.

SATURDAY 15 APRIL
Day off for everyone.
I took Leanna (and Jean/Al and four other friends) to a "second chance prom" (suits and prom dresses!) since none of the eight of us went to our own prom.
It was the 46th anniversary of my 3rd date with Leanna and the second kiss (we don't remember the first one).

SUNDAY 16 APRIL
Day off for everyone.

MONDAY 17 APRIL
I worked on Romulan SSDs.
Petrick worked on the R8 MSSB, assembling the entire "book as is" except for 4 historical documents he wanted to include.

TUESDAY 18 APRIL.
Steve Petrick started retyping one of the four documents, the only one that doesn't exist in electronic form.
Mike and Jean did orders.
I finished the Romulan SSDs, and ran the weekly errand to get groceries for Steve Petrick. It was the 46th anniversary of the first time I sent flowers to Leanna and a humorous event we decided years later was the day we officially became "boyfriend and girlfriend."

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 - 09:08 pm: Edit

WEDNESDAY 19 APRIL
I had a doctor appointment. When I got back, I pulled some Orion stuff out of the file and send it to SPP. I ordered a new Kyocera print engine. I had a phone call from an old friend in Missouri and we traded story of our recent medical history.
Steve Petrick worked on ORION MSSB.
Jean and Mike got orders out.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, April 21, 2023 - 02:52 am: Edit

THURSDAY 20 APRIL
Today was the weekly "family dinner" for the ADB gang where we have lunch, don't talk about business, and pretend we're all related.
I had a doctor appointment and was told my oral surgery is healing very well. I got back to the office, signed the lease for the new Kyocera, and struggled to find a "mechanical electrician" to fix one of our bookbinders since the only three in town retired.
Steve Petrick had a doctor appointment and was gone all day.
Jean and Mike got some big orders out, but we're holding a very big minis shipment waiting for the shipment of stand pegs.
Today would have been my brother Christopher's 69th birthday.
Shawn sent in the colorized R1 SSD book which is the product of the month. I asked Ken Kazinski to get me the last parts of the newsletter so it could go out.
I went to my bariatric class to teach a lesson on how to sneak bits of exercise into your normal day.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, April 22, 2023 - 04:48 pm: Edit

FRIDAY 21 APRIL 2023
We had a major staff meeting to discuss next week's messy schedule and other items. This included finishing the newsletter so it can upload as soon as the R1 SSD book goes live in the web store. This also included making progress on R6-2023 in a different way than before. In the old days, when the rules, scenarios, MSC, and SSD were all finished, it all went to Jean to proofread, then all back to Steve Petrick to fix, then it all went to Shawn to do the color SSDs. That means each person in the chain got a huge pile of work in one dump and it shut down their schedule for days to get it done. This time, I directed Albert (doing the page layout) to finish the Fed ship rules and then give them and the Fed SSDs to Jean. She will then handle the smaller bite of work more efficiently before giving this small bite to Steve P who will then give it back to Jean who will give it to Shawn. So when Albert finishes the last empire (I don't remember, Selts or Jindos) Jean and Steve and Shawn will already have done many of the previous empires. This should get the whole book done faster, but it is still a lot of work over a lot of days.
Steve Petrick cleared the R1 Color SSD book for upload and Jean said she would do that Monday (the B&W one too).
I worked on the final newsletter stuff.
Jean and Mike got some big orders out.

SATURDAY 22 APRIL 2023
SUNDAY 23 APRIL 2023
We all stayed home to rest.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, April 24, 2023 - 09:20 pm: Edit

MONDAY 24 APRIL 2023
Jean released the revised R1 SSD book, the fifth time this year we have released a new product along with the newsletter.
Jean and Mike got orders out.
Steve Petrick did revisions to Module R6.
I did the "big news" for the April newsletter and finished the rules text and SSDs to go with it. I gave the text to Jean.

TUESDAY 25 APRIL 2023
Jean and Mike got orders out.
Al worked on R6.
Steve Petrick worked on the Orion MSSB.
I had two appointments which wrecked the day but got some email answered.

WEDNESDAY 26 APRIL 2023
Jean and Mike got orders out.
Al worked on R6.
Steve Petrick worked on the Orion MSSB.
I worked on the newsletter, Civil Wars, and other things.

THURSDAY 27 APRIL 2023
Jean and Mike got orders out.
Steve Petrick had doctor appointments and did not make it to the office.
Steve Cole and Al Beddow began the process of emptying the two storage lockers that Steve Petrick has been renting for years.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, April 30, 2023 - 02:35 am: Edit

FRIDAY 28 APRIL 2023
Steve Petrick worked on R6.
Steve Cole worked on Civil Wars.
Jean and Mike worked on orders.

SATURDAY 29 APRIL 2023
Steve Petrick worked on R6.
Steve Cole worked on Civil Wars.

SUNDAY 30 APRIL 2023
Everybody took a day of rest.
I spent an hour working on SPP's old storage lockers which must be emptied by 31 May.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 02, 2023 - 12:26 am: Edit

MONDAY MAY 1 2023
Jean gave me the monthly financial reports which looked good.
Jean and Mike worked on orders.
Al worked on formatting R6rev.
Steve P worked on Orion MSSB.
I spent the whole day running errands, every one of which took longer than it had any reason to take. (One stop was a bank deposit and I think the teller took his lunch break between getting my deposit and sending me the receipt.) I got to the last appointment late, got back to the office just as everyone was leaving, and didn't have time to do a "drop off" on the way home as the place was closed.

TUESDAY 2 MAY 2023
I spent the day cleaning up Steve Petrick's storage lockers which are being sorted out and the stuff worth saving moved to the company warehouse.
Albert got some boxes of SPP's stuff out of the warehouse to take to the auction that will sell it.
Jean and Mike did orders.

WEDNESDAY 3 MAY 2023
I did "small jobs day" wiping out a list of a dozen minor tasks that have waited too long.
Steve Petrick handed over R6 to Al Beddow to lay out.
Jean and Mike did orders.

THURSDAY 4 MAY 2023
May the fourth be with you!
It was the 10th anniversary of Jean moving to Amarillo and we had a party with cake.
I had appointments all day which ruined most of it.
Steve Petrick had appointments which wiped out his day.
Jean and Mike handled seven orders including a massive one to our Amazon rep.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 - 11:36 pm: Edit

Most of the last few days have seen my time focused on cleaning out SPP's storage lockers which must be cleared by the end of May. There were at the start hundreds of boxes in the two lockers but (with some help from Albert) I have made steady progress.
Jean and Mike got orders out, including some big ones.
Albert and Steve have made progress on R6 revision which is now in Jean's hands to proofread. Today I told her to prioritize R6 over orders for a few days and get it out.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, May 12, 2023 - 01:07 am: Edit

THURSDAY 11 MAY
Jean, Albert, and Mike did orders.
Petrick worked on Orion MSSB.
I ordered a reprint of basic set covers, told Jean to call a roofing company about the leaks, checked with the company making FC map panels, and spent another hour cleaning out SPP's storage lockers. Jean handed R6 back to me, saying the 1996 document needed me to modernize it before she could productively proofread it. She would just be marking stuff I knew to fix, so I might as well fix it before she proofreads it.

FRIDAY 12 MAY 2023
Jean and Mike did orders.
Steve Petrick worked on the Orion MSSB.
I revised two more pages of R6 for Jean to proofread.
I had minor skin cancer surgery this morning; three were cut out and six were burned off, a typical annual visit. None of them were dangerous, but the "wounds" hurt like the dickens and I got nothing more done. I didn't even have the energy to go to work in SPP's storage lockers (the first evening this week that I did not do that). If it doesn't rain much tomorrow, Albert and I will work on the remaining pile of stuff Saturday afternoon. The goal would be to end the day with half of the small locker cleared.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - 12:04 am: Edit

SATURDAY 13 MAY
It was raining so Albert could not help me on SPP's storage lockers as there wasn't physical room for both of us. That said, worked inside and got six boxes of jumbled books, comics, and other stuff sorted.

SUNDAY 14 MAY
I continued working in the storage locker. This project is taking me out of the office A WHOLE LOT but it has to be done and I would just as soon get it over ASAP. I made significant progress and got enough space cleared to set up a table inside the locker, meaning I had a place for whichever jumble box I was sorting and the various other boxes (games, comics, books, Army stuff, things to keep, things to dumpster) were all in a row so I no longer had to bend over for a handful of stuff and then move around to wherever I could stick the open boxes.

MONDAY 15 MAY
I spent the afternoon at the locker (not at my desk) and got a bunch of comic boxes ready for the auction company.
I wasn't in the office much but Jean and Mike reported lots of order shipped while SPP worked on the orion MSSB.

TUESDAY 16 MAY
I took the comic boxes to the auction house, took SPP to lunch, then back home so he could catch the shuttle to the doctor. Then i went to the locker and made great progress working all afternoon. Albert came to help and was key to the succesful day. We got a lot of trash and empty boxes thrown away, then sorted more boxes of comics, books, and games.
I wasn't in the office much but Jean and Mike reported lots of order shipped

WEDNESDAY 17 MAY
I took more boxes to auction, then went to the locker by myself and sorted more boxes of stuff.
I wasn't in the office much but Jean and Mike reported lots of order shipped while SPP worked on the orion MSSB.

THURSDAY 18 MAY
Today was the company picnic.
After that, I taught a bariatric class and then worked in the locker until dark. It was pouring rain but I could work inside.

FRIDAY 19 MAY
I got a lot of work done in the office. Jean and Mike shipped orders. The auction house said that because of a big auction they were holding I could not bring any more comic boxes for six days.

SATURDAY 20 MAY
Albert and I achieved victory. The entire locker is packed up and ready for the moving company to take to auction and charity places on next Thursday.

SUNDAY 21 MAY
Leanna decreed that I must rest the entire day.

MONDAY 22 MAY
I got some work done, as did SPP (orions) and Jean/Mike (orders). Albert and I went to the warehouse room where SPP has stored some stuff and got everything going to the auction.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, May 26, 2023 - 03:20 am: Edit

TUESDAY 23 MAY
I worked on R6. At the end of the day I repacked some boxes of books and comics for the auction.
Jean and Mike worked on orders.
SPP worked on the Orion book.

WEDNESDAY 24 MAY
I worked on R6. At the end of the day I went to the lockers and moved a few things around.
Jean and Mike worked on orders.
SPP worked on the Orion book.

THURSDAY 25 MAY
It took all of my day, but I got the two SPP storage lockers emptied before the deadline that would have cost him a lot of money.
Jean and Mike worked on orders.
SPP worked on the Orion book.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, May 30, 2023 - 01:40 pm: Edit

FRIDAY 26 MAY
I worked on various things I had not done in the past ten days. SPP worked on the Orion book. Al was busy elsehwere. Jean did orders. Mike was out of town.

SATURDAY 27 MAY
Day off to rest

SUNDAY 28 May
Day off to rest

MONDAY 29 MAY
Memorial Day, took the day off.

TUESDAY 30 MAY
I Worked on a project, then went to the dentist to have my new implants checked. SPP worked on the Orion book. Jean and Mike worked on orders.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 - 10:55 pm: Edit

WEDNESDAY 31 MAY 2023
I woke up at 5:30am in the midst of a horrendous thunderstorm. I fed the cats, and then Leanna showed up and I fed her. Then I made my breakfast (frozen block of creamed chipped beef on a couple of slices of chopped up bread), put it in the microwave, and punched 7 minutes. At that point, the power went out, I could only assume due to the thunderstorm, and it stayed out for what turned out to be an hour an a half. A few minutes after it failed, I called the power company to report the outage (certain that somebody else probably had done so by then, but what the heck) and was giving the outage report when I heard someone on the line laughing maniacally.
Later I was able to cook breakfast and go to work.
I worked on R6, Petrick on the Orion book, Jean and Mike on orders.

THURSDAY 1 JUNE
I worked all day on R6, making final fixes on two parts (G, R1-4), primary proofreading fixes on two parts (R6, R6-10), and preliminary updates on one part (R11-16).
Steve P worked on the Orion book.
Jean and Mike did orders.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, June 06, 2023 - 02:59 pm: Edit

FRIDAY 2 JUNE
I worked on the Orion book, proofing the first six pages to tell SPP things that are being duplicated over and overy by format posts. SPP worked on the Orion book. Jean and Mike did orders.

SATURDAY 3 JUNE
Rest.

SUNDAY 4 JUNE
Rest.

MONDAY 5 JUNE
I lost most of the day to a doctor's appointment which ultimately consisted of a two-minute conversation: "Do you have any questions about the test that proved you do not have terminal cancer? Do you want to come back in six months or a year?"
SPP worked on the Orion book.
Jean and Mike did orders.

TUESDAY 6 JUNE
I suffered a major dental event when one of the bolts they put into my skull tore loose, making a very painful mess that had to be fixed by emergency surgery. I was in so much pain I went home, took opioids, and went to bed for a while. Now the pain is manageable but I'm too groggy to drive back to the office.
SPP worked on the Orin book.
Jean and Mike did orders.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 - 04:46 pm: Edit

WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE TO FRIDAY 10 JUNE
Jean and Mike did orders. SPP worked on the Orion book. I worked on R6 which Jean was proofreading at home.

SATURDAY 10 JUNE AND SUNDAY 11 JUNE
Everybody tried to rest.

MONDAY 12 JUNE
Jean and Mike did orders. SPP worked on the Orion book. I worked on R6 which Jean was proofreading at home.

TUESDAY 13 JUNE
I had skin cancer surgery which turned into a much bigger deal than expected, and was off duty the rest of the week. Lots of pain, one eye swollen shut, but they got all of it.
Jean and Mike did orders. SPP worked on the Orion book.

WEDNESDAY 14 JUNE, THURSDAY 15 JUNE, FRIDAY 16 JUNE
I stayed home on painkillers.
Jean and Mike did orders. SPP worked on the Orion book.

SATURDAY 17 JUNE, SUNDAY 18 JUNE
Rest.

MONDAY 19 JUNE
Jean and Mike did orders. SPP worked on the Orion book. I ran some errands and answered some emails as Jean didn't have any R6 for me to work on.

TUESDAY 20 JUNE
More skin cancer surgery, not as bad as last week but bad enough to send me home.
Jean and Mike did orders. SPP had a doctor appointment that kept him away from the office.

I didn't keep specific notes for the rest of the week but I got some work done on R6 and newsletter ships, Petrick worked on Orion book, Jean and Mike did orders, Jean worked on proofreading R6.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 - 11:51 pm: Edit

July 1-4 was a long holiday.

Wednesday July 5 to Friday July 7
I worked on the business, R6, and newsletter ships.
Steve Petrick worked on the Orion book.
Jean worked on R6.
Jean and Mike did orders.

July 8-9 was a weekend.
I got little done as I felt awful.

Monday July 10
I got sick at work and eventually went home where I found out my blood pressure was way too high.
Steve Petrick worked on R6.
Jean worked on migrating the website.
Mike took some time off to be with family.

Tuesday July 11
Same thing, basically, I took medication for sleep and blood pressure that left me unable to work.
Steve Petrick worked on R6.
Jean worked on migrating the website.
Mike took some time off to be with family.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, July 29, 2023 - 10:08 pm: Edit

THURSDAY
Steve Petrick called in sick, a cough that kept him up all night.
At 3pm, the retirement center called me to take him to the clinic. I did so, but they said it was not flu or Covid and called me to take him home. Despite wearing a mask, I caught his plague.

FRIDAY
Not quite down yet, I got SPP more supplies, but by evening I was seriously sick.
Steve P was lying in bed shivering but said he had been eating, drinking, and taking his pills.

SATURDAY
I was too sick to do anything for SPP or myself. Fever 101, BP 175, cough, delirium, dizzy, other less public issues. The two minutes in which I wrote this were the only cognizant moments today. No answer from Steve P.