I flew into the flu

Hey faithful readers, thanks for your emails asking when my next blog is coming. Here it is along with the reason why I was not writing.
While in Ottawa I managed to contract this horrible flu that is going around. It starts with fever then turns in to a chest cold that acts like a squatter....it just won't leave. Talking to the locals it is a nasty one to shake and it is all over the Ottawa valley and into the Montreal area. I have named it "the separatist flu" because just when you think its over..it flares up again!!

I have spent most of my days napping to try and shake it along with tons of over the counter meds. My last week in Ottawa was great show-wise but was a test of endurance on stage.
I think the reason i got so sick was the nasty cold weather. I grew up on the prairies and thought i knew cold but Ottawa has to have the nastiest winter wind that never stops!! My leather jacket, with its zip in liner was usually sufficient back home, not so in the frosty damp capital! I ended up visiting a store to buy a much warmer leather with more quilting. I was going to buy one when i got home but the sales are on now and I didn't want to risk all the good sizes being picked over. Why is it, everytime I visit Ottawa I make a major purchase??

Now I am in Montreal. Still a damp cold but the wind at least has an 'off' setting.
Its been a fun few weeks, despite the flu, as I have bumped into many comedy buddies on this tour whom I have not seen in some time. My first night in Montreal I bumped into Steve Patterson who went to Australia last year. We swapped a few stories and I was happy to hear that my name was mentioned often down there. He told me that many of the venues and comics still bring my name up and all with good reports. Guess its time to make my return to the land down under. It is still the most fun I have had on tour.
I am off to have lunch and then try and rest one more time before my last shows here in Montreal.
Catch ya later kids

Daryl Makk