Cathie came down with the flu Friday night. We were hanging out with the Niemi's, Girard's and Reynold's and next thing I know, Cathie's sick and we headed home. She had the stomach flu in a bad way for about 24 hours. Emily had something nasty, that made her into a pretty miserable human being. On Saturday, Jes watched the kids while I went to my sister-in-law Kris's Grandpa's memorial service. On Sunday just about everyone started recuperating. Today, we're almost back to normal.

Cathie and I are going to Palm Springs for a mini-vacation while I'm speaking at a conference out there for FileNET, a business partner of Xerox. I'm looking forward to going to the Joshua Tree National Park, which is right outside of Palm Springs.

I leave next Wednesday for a team meeting in Leesburg, VA and come back late Friday night. Cathie and I then fly out on Saturday morning and Cathie's coming back on Tuesday, me on Thursday. Long time away from the kids, but at it'll be fun for Cathie and I.