Sick…

So I think I’m sick. Or getting sick.

I was perfectly okay this morning – at least, I was physically sound.  But when I got to personal conditioning at nine-something, I worked out for about ten minutes, got really hot and took off my sweatshirt, then developed the chills five minutes later.

And no, it has nothing to do with the temperature outside. It’s a perfectly respectable 50 degrees out there right now.

In case you’re suspecting anything else, it’s not that I got another rejection letter, either. Although I really don’t want to get rejected by this last agent I’m waiting on.

I hope my boyfriend didn’t give me what he had.  That would really suck.

Anyhow: almost one-quarter done with my sequel. It’s pretty good.  Much better than the first one.  I’m going to post a little bit about the models later.  I’m feeling a bit on the lazy side right now.  Not to mention on the COLD side.

I might post again after Chem Rescutation. (That can’t possibly be the correct spelling…)  I won’t have much better to do.

Cold. Again.

Once again, we have this freezing-cold CRAP.  It’s about five degrees hereabouts.

Which has, in effect, put a damper on my will to write.  Then again, when you can hardly move your fingers or grip a pen due to the fact that your fingers are so cold and dry, you may not be able to write even if you had the will to do so.

Here are a few ways to drive away the cold, even if you’re on a college campus and have no warming skills to speak of.

• Find a building and stay put.  Maybe it’s your dorm.  Maybe it’s your campus library.  Or maybe it’s the closest Beaners.  Whatever you do, go inside – as long as it’s heated – and stay there until you absolutely HAVE to move – like for a class.  Do some homework or read a book while you’re at it.
• Drink hot chocolate.  Coffee may not be the best thing for you to drink – it’s often hot enough to burn.  Have some hot chocolate instead.  It’s not quite so hot, and it’s not as expensive as coffee.
• Avoid ice cream.  It may sound like it’s painfully obvious, especially when it’s five degrees outside, but ice cream is yummy.  Besides, high school students and college students alike are known for doing things that aren’t exactly the most sensible.
• Have soup for lunch if you buy.  Soup is the kind of thing that warms you from the inside out, so your fingers and toes will warm up just as much as the rest of you.  It feels very nice.  Chili works pretty good, too, as long as you don’t get chili that’s so spicy you have to drink forty-two ounces of ice-cold Mountain Dew.  (We’ll discuss Mountain Dew more in later posts…)
• Layers, layers, layers.  Don’t go out in a hoodie.  That’s beyond senseless – that’s just plain dumb.  If you don’t have a heavy winter coat or can’t function while wearing one, layer sweatshirts and shirts.  I always wear a UT hoodie and a UT coat to my classes.  And never, ever forget a hat, a scarf, and the ever-trusty Pair of Gloves.

If you live somewhere cold, this should be just common sense for you.  But then again, we need a reminder of common sense sometimes.

COLD!

Guess what?  It’s FREEZING COLD today!

Seriously.  Four to six inches of snow on the ground outside.  Can’t be more than 10 degrees, if that.  Schools all across the region have been cancelled.

Except mine.

Silly.  Universities don’t get canceled.  Even during blizzards.  Except for last year’s snowstorm.  That was a Level Three, though.  Nobody was working.  Except my friend’s dad, but that’s special.

I’ve been reading The TECH Project out loud to my mom at night.  We skipped last night, since she had some work to attend to.  We’re up to File 20.

Anyhow.  It’s just past 7 in the morning and I have a 9 o’clock class that I haven’t done the lab report for yet.  It’s time to stop writing and get working.