Ketchup Day

Sometimes Mondays feel like you've been running the Indy 500 all week, only to find yourself so far back you've already been lapped twice by the truck selling ice cream in pit row.

I hate falling behind even more than I hate ice cream. And I've got zero love for ice cream ... unless it's been fried.

Today became Catch Up Day, the 15 hours of push n' rush.

Didn't get all the quarrelsome giants slain (grocery shopping, hair cut, carpets shampooed, yard mowed, car washed & vacuumed, Luke enrolled in middle school), but at least a few Goliaths got pebbles tossed in their direction.

PS. I read somewhere that if the flu's been making ya Spill the Chip Dip, the best thing to drink to stay hydrated is flat ginger ale. And it's no old wives tale ... chicken soup really works. These are in order of effectiveness:

• Knorr's Chicken Flavor Chicken Noodle
• Campbell's Home Cookin' Chicken Vegetable
• Campbell's Healthy Request Chicken Noodle
• Lipton Cup-O-Soup, Chicken Noodle
• Progresso Chicken Noodle