Sick Days

So, I've been out of commission for the last couple of days, went and got myself sick. I was playing with Lorena, one of the little girls here in the Rye house, and I should have been more careful in realizing that five year olds + cold sores + grubby little hands = dangerous.

In my case, I've had a sore throat and a hellacious fever for the past two days. I'm finally starting to feel a bit better, but it's probably just going to be phone banking for me today.

Before the fever really set in, however, we were at the Red Arrow Diner in Manchester in time to greet Ron Paul when he arrived around 8 AM. The Red Arrow is "the" traditional stopping point for Presidential candidates before they get to the White House, so of course, Ron had to swing by.


Ron Paul arrived and was happy to see all of us there to support him. He went in the diner and we talked with his son, Rand. Numerous members of the media were there, including a few reporters from The Guardian. One of them stayed with us the night before for a story on the Ron Paul rEVOLution. I actually got interviewed, which may or may not make the final cut whenever they report it.

After Ron left, we were intent to hang around until Bill Clinton showed up - apparently, the Red Arrow double booked and had both coming at the same time (Ron, however, wouldn't cancel).

Bill didn't show, though. Maybe they realized that candidates themselves are expected to stop at the Red Arrow Diner, not their more famous and more charismatic spouses.

We went door-to-door after that, of which I was able to participate for the first eight blocks or so before I had to sit in the car feeling miserable for the remaining eleven hours before we headed back to the house. Still in recovery mode, but I should be good to greet the 300 supporters that are supposed to ship in over the next few days to work with OLFD.