Normally right about now I would be down in Arizona watching young players and reporting back on how everything looked through the lens of the Eyeball Scout.
Instead I came down with shingles — they’re not just for roofs anymore! — and if you’ve ever had shingles I would welcome your anecdote in the comments as experiences vary considerably. That’s partly because shingles attaches to a nerve, and which one it finds can inform how bad the symptoms are.
Unfortunately for me, the nerve of choice was the one running from my right ear along the jaw line, making chewing nigh impossible, sleeping nearly as challenging, and creating pain roughly at 11 on the classic 1-10 scale.