Today has been a roller coaster of sickness and health. I stayed home from work today. I slept a really long time this morning, and I woke up feeling practically normal. Then the banging started. I couldn't tell if it was my head throbbing or something else, then I realized they were roofing across the street. Oh, my poor head. Plus, coughing and sniffles. So, I fled. I drove up to Rice, and sat in their happily silent library in a completely isolated nook. I tried to study (two tests in the next week are coming up), but I think I passed out a few times on the table.

Then came class one, which I survived ok, thanks to an upper of a chocolate bar (the first food I've eaten since lunch yesterday) and more Tylenol cold. If you're asking yourself why I skipped work but went to class - its because last week the professor pointed at me and one other student and said "You two, no more skipping my class! I expect perfect attendence." Now, to put this in perspective, I have missed exactly 3 classes this semester (2 for legitimate work reasons, 1 for skiing). Compare this to my less than 50% attendence rate as an undergrad, and I think I'm doing pretty damned good, especially considering I work full time and commute. But, I figured it might not make the best impression to be absent immediately after the finger pointing. I tried not to make too much of a show of using a whole pack of tissues during the lecture.

Then came class two. Somewhere in the middle of a discussion on communicating with expansion waves (I'm still not sure if this was sickness-induced neurosis or an actual gas dynamics topic) I nearly passed out. Seriously, I got so dizzy I had to catch myself on the chair. Since there are only two of us in this class, the professor obviously noticed, and cut off the endless lecture a little bit early for me. Then I had to make the hellishly long drive home (at least it was late enough that there was no traffic). My talked to me pretty much the whole way. She's in Philadelphia at the moment and after visiting the Kohart relatives, she says she feels like she's been sucked into a time warp. That made me laugh.

I'm feeling fine again now, though. I checked my e-mail and it doesn't seem like I missed anything too exciting at work today. Tomorrow should be a busy day, so hopefully I am feeling well enough to go in...