<HTML><BODY> <div>You don't get paid when you don't work.  That's the big downside.  Vacations we generally tend to account for, but it's hard to plan sick leave.</div> <div> </div> <div>I probably should have taken this whole week off.  I had a couple of nights of fever and chills, and was feeling weak most of the time.  But like the stubborn ox I am, I pushed through what I thought was a cold, capped by a 4 tuning-with-some-voicing Friday that included a fair amount of driving.  I ended up in the ER that night with chest pain.  Turns out it was a mild case of pneumonia, not a heart issue.</div> <div> </div> <div>Do others of you notice a difference in sound perception when you have a fever?  Even pianos that I tuned that passed every interval and etd test available to me sounded unpleasant and off.  </div> <div> </div> <div>Next time, I'll listen to my body when it screams, "take the time off."  It would be a lot more costly to end up in the hospital for a long stretch than to miss a few days of work.</div> <div> </div> <div>Be Well,</div> <div> </div> <div>Dave Stahl, Sunday Sofa Spud<br> <br> Dave Stahl Piano Service<br> 650-224-3560<br> dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net<br> http://dstahlpiano.net/<br> <br> <br> <br> </div> <div class="AOLPromoFooter"> <hr style="margin-top:10px;" /> <a href="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaol%2Ecom%2Fnewaol" target="_blank"><b>Check out the new AOL</b></a>. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.<br /> </div> </BODY></HTML>