Feeling Sick On The Eve Of A Fun, Cheap Date @ The Carnivals

by Silicon Valley Blogger on September 24, 2008

I’ve got a fantastic cheap date planned but I’ve been felled by the flu.

So You Think You Can Dance
So You Think You Can Dance photo by starpulse

Ugh! Just as the carnivals are heralding the start of autumn, I’ve caught my first bug of the season. Whether it’s the cold or flu, I’m not feeling too hot, am feeling extremely lethargic and am functioning at a snail’s space, so I hope I’m still able to do a decent job with telling you about what’s out there at our weekly personal finance carnivals.

I *really* need to get better and recover from this bug as I’m all set to attend a planned date with my spouse — one I’ve been anticipating for some time. :) We received a couple of free tickets to the “So You Think You Can Dance” tour — courtesy of Wise Bread who conducted a fun giveaway for the tickets when they debuted the “Women of Personal Finance” spotlight event. Hopefully, I get over this bug in time to make it to the tour tomorrow evening!

We sure need something like a night out to take our minds away from the unsettling news that have been swirling around the markets over the last week.

So how is everybody else coping? Let’s check out the carnivals and find out:

Sound Money Matters puts together a fall edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance where I picked up these articles:

The carnival host temporarily bailed out of The Festival of Frugality. But My Two Dollars eventually got it together, presenting a list of great posts which included these gems:

The Real Estate Carnival found its way to Pasadena. Thanks so much to Doug Willis from up2date realestate.com for awarding us with The President’s Trophy for our entry about an unusual investment property turned green home.

Recent Carnivals

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1 CMOE September 24, 2008 at 10:45 am

Hope you get to go that show sounds like so much fun. There is quite the variety in the carnival this time around, there are a couple that sound interesting, such as asking for a raise. That is a topic everyone seems interested in yet needs further exploring.

2 Silicon Valley Blogger September 24, 2008 at 11:24 am

Thanks! I’ve hardly gotten sick this year so the timing here couldn’t be more unfortunate. But I’m feeling a bit better now so hopefully my malady clears in a day.

3 jim September 24, 2008 at 12:25 pm

I hope you feel better soon, I caught a bug myself too… and I went camping so I think the bug plus the campfire smoke did me in.

4 Silicon Valley Blogger September 24, 2008 at 1:29 pm

Yes, whenever the weather changes, that’s when we get it…. Hope you get better!

5 Andy September 24, 2008 at 1:52 pm

Thanks for the mention and link back. Get better soon – and look at the postives, getting sick earlier in the winter season, means less chance of getting sick later.

6 Glblguy September 24, 2008 at 3:03 pm

Thanks SVB, I appreciate the link and glad you enjoyed my “Gem” :-)

7 Chris October 1, 2008 at 9:26 am

Hope you feel better. I seem to get sick whenever I have something relaxing that I have been planning for a while.

Thanks for the information. I particularly liked the links on frugality – time to save my pennies!

8 Silicon Valley Blogger October 1, 2008 at 9:48 am

Thanks for asking Chris! I actually made it to the dance show but I couldn’t take my spouse, who ended up staggered by the flu bug. I ended up taking a back up date! :P At any rate, it’s time to think about getting those flu shots; I hope this bug is not a harbinger of things to come this cold season!

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