Interesting week at work. I was out sick Wednesday, and during the night we had an ice storm. As a result, Thursday the plant was shut down due to lack of power. The lights didn't come on again until about 2 pm. So I got another free day off work. Unfortunately there are problems when a cleanroom air handling system loses power in the middle of a room validation. Set us back almost a week having to redo stuff. Beth has been gone all this week and last, up at home with her mother, who just had knee replacement surgery (and got a device from a competitor of Zimmer). Her mom's doing very well though. Two days after surgery she was in less pain than before surgery. That knee was bad. But her rehab is going very well and she'll be home before she knows it (she's with Pam now). While Beth was gone I took advantage of the opportunity to paint some of the rooms in the house (we've got a LOT of wall space). I got the guest room and the kitchen finished so we can finally decorate a least those rooms.