Three very brief items of note

1. I adopted a dog this weekend.  Her name is Gracie, and she is an 18-month old Border Collie/Lab mix (apparently they’re called “Boradors”?)  She was part of an adoption drive at the movie theater on Saturday, and they told us that she was up for euthanasia on Monday (nobody wanted the older dogs, but every puppy found a home yesterday).  I don’t know if that’s true or what, but we fell in love with her, and found out that she’s house- and leash-trained (seriously, this dog hasn’t tried to chew a thing or made a single mess).  I think she’s decided that she’s going to adopt me, too, so it’s working out.  I’ll post pictures as soon as I get some decent ones.
2. I went out on a date tonight.  It went very, very well.  I like him.  He claims to like me.  He’s educated, gainfully employed, funny, a democrat, and likes sushi.  He’s also very cute and a lot taller than me, a huge plus.  I don’t want to jinx it.  Send me good vibes!
3. I am sick.  This year I’ve been sick more often than I’ve been well.  Now it’s a chest cold, and it’s bad.  I can’t breath very well.  I’m headed to the doctor first thing in the morning and I’m hoping it’s just a case of bronchitis, and not something more sinister.  Bleh.

That’s all for now–time for Gracie and I to head to bed, and for the mucinex to do its work.  Hope everybody has a great week!

Damn.

Last Thursday, I felt a little tickle in my throat, and decided I might be getting sick.  By Saturday I couldn’t swallow or speak very well, and while today I have my voice back, it’s several octaves lower than normal.  The verdict?  It’s sinusitis, which I’ve had about a million times, but this incarnation of it is by far the suckiest.  So I’m spending the remainder of my unexpected vacation planted on the couch and on a strict regimen of antibiotics and decongestants.  Yuck.

At least the timing is in my favor; we STILL aren’t back in school.  Staff is supposed to report on Wednesday and I think classes will actually resume on Thursday–that means we’ve had two full weeks away.  I’m glad we were in the middle of writing essays and not reading anything, because picking back up would have been impossible.  I’m also grateful we have a workday before everybody comes back, because I can hardly remember where we left off!  I think the holdup has been because of power not being restored–traffic lights are still out all over town and a bunch of stores are still closed.  There was a story on the news about power crews in a middle-class neighborhood who were pulled off of their ladders and told to go to River Oaks, an uber-wealthy part of town (more info and the company’s excuse here), and I saw plenty of gas hoarding when I filled up last Wednesday.  A woman pulled up in an Expedition, filled up, and then opened her liftgate and proceeded to fill FOUR ten-gallon gas cans.  Other than that, though, things are ok.  We’re enjoying a nice, long break from my aunt (who at present is terribly upset because her favorite TV shows are being preempted for continuing hurricane recovery coverage.  She calls at least twice a day to lament this fact.).

That’s about all I’ve got…I wish I had some more interesting or fun news to share, but it’s been all about kleenex and cough drops for me!  Hopefully I’m back in shape by Wednesday.  I have to admit, I’ve never looked forward to going back to work as much as I do right now.  I want my routine back!