One thing the past Christmas season brought was the opportunity for the Apes to exchange all kinds of microbiology to each other. The amount of kissing and hugging I witnessed in the last couple weeks is enough to make you sick!

As for the Apes, it did. The entire household came down with colds and let me tell you, this place is not pretty right now. I’m living in a sea of moist tissues (great toys, btw) and airborne viruses. Every one of my couches is currently housing a dripping Ape! And don’t even get me started on the smells around here since this began.

Cries of ‘Get me some soup’ and ‘Hot lemon would be nice’ have gone unanswered all day. Even The Wet One has returned to his previous levels of wetness.

ScapeGoat The Dog has made a great nurse by licking their faces clean periodically. He’s not much for taking a pulse, but he can wake an Ape in no time.

Me? Well, I’ve been waiting all damned day for at least one of them to give me some food. But if they aren’t willing to feed themselves then I figure I have little chance of seeing a meal myself.

I’ll go rummaging later to see what I can find. I may have to deploy ScapeGoat for blaming purposes, but I’ll get something to eat one way or another!