Under the weather

We actually do have weather and of course I'm under it, there being no practical way to get on top of it. But also in the more figurative sense. I've been trying for several days to convince myself that I'm allergic to the dust from stacking hay (or at least irritated by it) but now it has been two days since we finished and I'm still sneezing, coughing, and weeping. Must be some kind of virus, I guess, with mild but insistent symptoms. Wish I could take time off work and just stay in bed, but it has to get worse for that to happen.

Cold, gloomy, high winds (now from the opposite direction,) and rain for the next two days as well. Farrier comes tomorrow for the horses' feet, but I'll have to be at work when he's here. Then I can come home and explain to Tess why she can't go outside because it's near freezing rain. Unless maybe I put her blanket on her, which she probably wouldn't like either. Wind chills are supposed to be near freezing, plus cold rain. Not weather I'd want to go out in, for sure, but she'll think she wants it. If I do take her out, she'll change her mind of course.

Thinking about upgrading the OS on my netbook, but pretty sure I don't want to go with Ubuntu (what's on it now) because they are getting as stubborn about making their preferred choices as Apple is. I use Linux to have the freedom of choice in my own paws. So, it looks like a choice between straight Debian and Mint. I've never used Mint before, but their LXDE desktop looks light enough for the netbook and they claim it is too. Downloaded, but haven't burned a CD to try it out yet.

And that's about it. Need to go lie down, maybe for the night. Hope it's just a cold, dunno where I'd have gotten flu this early.