I'm not going to be able to see the VP when he comes to visit today.

I'm still ill.  I still have a sore throat and a fever.  And, it's snowing. I don't think that standing around for 3+ hours waiting for Dick Cheney to arrive and 'rally the troops' (that's the official reason for this visit) in the cold and snow is a good idea.  Besides, I'd just pass on my virus to MORE people, and I don't want to do that.

If it had been the President himself I would probably have gone.  Seeing the Prez is a much bigger deal than seeing his lackey.  I mean, what has Dick Cheney actually done?  Not a lot, not than I can rememebr anyway.  Let's see....he was in an 'undisclosed location' when 9/11 was going down, he caused my husband to have to go to Pierre SD for a 3 day TDY a couple of times because he was pheasant hunting there and needed someone to guard his plane when he was gone....he's had some heart and knee troubles and he shot some lawyer last month down in Texas.  That's about all I can remember.  Feel free to add more if you think that he's done something important and I've left it out.  So, why would I want to stand around in the cold for 3 or 4 hours waiting for a lousy shot with health issues and a knack for disappearing when the heat is on to arrive?  I wouldn't.  Which is why I'm not going.

I am kind of interested to know what his rally call will be like though.  That's okay, my husband has been posted in a pretty prominent location today - so much so that his Commander told him last night that his uniform had better be something right out of the pages of the AF PFE today because EVERYONE who was anyone was going to have to walk right by him today.  So, he'll be able to tell me what Dick has to say for himself. The base paper will have a transcript of his speech in Thursday's edition as well.

I don't think I'm going to miss much by staying home.

Not much at all.