September 24: Working Like a Couch Potato

The whole family has been going through a bout with some kind of virus or bug the past week or so. My wife and I are the latest to get it. So, when the kids went to school today, my wife called in sick (and for the record, she really was sick). She wanted me to do the same, but, unfortunately, I had some work tasks that couldn't wait until Monday. However, I only had a few meetings in the morning, leaving my afternoon focus on the aforementioned "busy work". So, we seized the opportunity. I took the laptop wireless, parked my butt on the couch next to my wife and we caught up on all of the television premieres that we recorded on the DVR while I worked. As a side note, we watched the premiere of "Detroit 1-8-7", and I highly recommend it to my fellow Michiganders. I didn't catch all of the authenticity in the show, seeing as I am not a Detroit native, however, it's just a good show regardless. And, to end on a humorous note, my wife spent the entire hour of the show trying to figure out what the "1-8-7" represents. She thought it was some kind of Detroit thing, but she couldn't figure out what. Afterwards, I had to explain that "1-8-7" is the police code for murder.