Still puny.Puny. What a great word. See definition 4.c in the Oxford English Dictionary: In bad condition or health; physically weak; ailing. I love this definition from my home state, Missouri:
[In Missouri] puny was ‘confined to bed’, poorly meant ‘chronically ill’, and bad sick meant it was time to call the undertaker.
So, in the vernacular of the Show-Me State, I suppose I'm not puny. And certainly I'm not bad sick. In fact, I'm on the mend. (Thanks for your prayers and well wishes, dear readers.) I floated around the house in a fog for a couple of hours this morning, finally making it in to the office around 10 a.m. to torment my staff. They're all telling me how bad I look, and suggesting I go home. But I know they're just wanting me out of here so they can slack off. Heh.