Took me almost a whole week into the school year to get sidelined from sickness... whee.

After four or five days with a sore throat, woke up this morning with my throat swollen to the point where I couldn't really talk.

Things I have consumed today:

• Two cloves of Garlic
• Mug of green tea
• A couple zinc cough drops
• Two tabs of Ibuprofen
• Two tabs of ( Read more... )

Hello, dear friends!  I know you all have missed me, and I apologize greatly for my absence.  I assure you, I am still living, and have a great many adventures to tell you about- in convenient bullet-point format!
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In the last 24 hours:

-Survived teaching a 3-hour G-Chem class while totally not coughing like crazy and blowing my nose on a frequent basis.

-Spent the evening at Disneyland with yamikonumber7 , amorsinseramada  and lynxgriffin .

-Got in a car accident on I-5 on the way home (with no bodily injury, thank God, and damage pretty much only to my bumper).

-Slept for five hours.

-Woke up to ( Read more... )

Now, normally I'm the kind of guy to just tough stuff out, and really, I don't feel that bad right now.  But seeing my current level of usefulness at work (somewhere between "timewaster extraordinaire" and "what exactly do you do here again?"), I decided to just take it easy.  I am now seeing the wisdom of this decision.  Normally, when I'm sick, I ( Read more... )