Early Starts

My arrival at work on Monday April 27th was unusual for 2 reasons:

1. It takes wild horses to pull me out of bed in the morning and I was arriving at 6.45
2. I was listening to the news on my way to work rather than the curious blend of Hip Hop and county and western that occupies my ipod.

The explanation begins with a phone call I received in admittedly a slighty hungover state the day before. My Dad had called asking if I was in work. I was slightly confused (he has been known to forget things, but days of the week don't usually elude him). The explanation that followed had me practicing a combination of the hurdles, step machine and army obsticle course in an effort to reach my laptop. Following a headless run around the house I found it. (right next to me where I had been using it 30 seconds before my phone rang.) What I read on the internet was the reason for my early start.

Swine 'flu had exploded across the media and I had an idea that would effect my workload on surgical masks, I just had no idea how much...