so yesterday i thought i was all better, only to have my temperature go back up after work and my lymph nodes get all tender and sore. so my mother ordered me to skip my deep democracy meeting and "Get some rest!" which I did but I feel really bad about it. I later found out that my girls from Students for Choice who usually go to that meeting both also had to skip out that night, which means half of the core group just wasn't there. I hope someone showed up.

anyway, woke up this morning to a head about to explode and a nose like a faucet. which means unless the cold medicine kicks in sometime soon, i'm not going to be accomplishing anything at work today. i can't be constantly touching my face like i am and do PCR, creating a reaction mix that I need to protect from my own DNA or run gels, which are soaked in ethidium bromide from which i need to protect myself if i don't want to have mutant babies. i'm trying to think of *anything* i need to do at work that doesn't require a pair of gloves and i'm coming up blank.

crap, crap, crap. i had a lot i wanted to get done today.