Oy. I don’t think I ever really got well from the last virus, and now I have a stupid cold on top of it. I was just thinking that I’d kicked the cough, and now I’m all snot running everywhere and need-a-nap-after-school tired. It’s been a month of being sick, and I keep trying to give myself rest breaks, and it doesn’t help. Usually my immune system does better than this. Not this year apparently. I got the flu shot already, so when that comes around, I’ll just get some other variant for fun. Ah well…not being able to breathe through your nose or talk without it sounding weird? It’s just me this year.
I really did come home early from work last night and crash out on the couch for like 45 minutes. I may do it again tonight. Then I tried to grade, but the system was being super cranky. So I gave up. I’m trying NOT to have a big chunk of things to grade over break, but I suspect I will have that no matter what.
Artwise, because of being sick, I haven’t made it to ceramics the last two days…maybe by tomorrow? Or Friday? I hope. Wish. I have been tracing still…made it up into the 1200s last night.

I did all the weirdo eye things and moved into the words…

I thought I might finish all the words last night, but I didn’t…still a few more to do. Then a tree and some stuff around it. Four more nights? Slow as heck.
A boy and his cat.

Bowie can be sweet as hell. Or he can be hell. He’s a kitten. Doesn’t know his own crazy.
Here’s another shot of my quilt at the Philadelphia craft show…

On the left. Fun stuff.
Well, I don’t feel well. I can take more meds in an hour, I think? You know it’s bad when you wake up in the middle of the night to take meds. It’s just breathing. And lying down and breathing are problematic together. When you’re sick. It’s hands-on stuff today, so taking time off is not happening. Finish up analog sounds with a little digital (my class sounded like a music class yesterday with digital piano exploration…more clicking than writing, of course). Then move on to researching analog v digital signals and an academic question tomorrow. Field trip Friday. Collapse Saturday. Oh wait, I’m supposed to go to a potluck. That might also be on the chopping block. Right now, I’m just exhausted by all of it. I have a meeting this morning, then they want to do one Friday AM and I really can’t. I also don’t want to. Sigh. OK…need to find some Kleenex for this new virus…it wants to run…kinda like me. Except when I want to sleep. I could run in my sleep, I guess. NO! I want to finish tracing by the weekend so I can cut things out and iron during my week off. I want to get better. I want to get as much grading as possible done this week so I don’t have to think about school next week (ha! So funny.). Know your own crazy, I guess.