See how well that works when phrased as an order? You have to imagine the pre-school petulence in the voice. If only opportunistic microbes listened to me.

Hee. Thank you. I'll tell my immune system to get right on it.

This is a good thing since I may well be making the lightning tour of New Hampshire to see my grandparents this weekend for Mother's day.

If you wind up with any kind of lightning tour of Boston . . .

One thing I always wondered, perhaps its from a month now of getting cut off on the highway by snowbirds with Florida plates; is there something about that state that just adds a little miserable on top of anyone who resides there?

The hurricanes?