good news bad news

good news first. i still have a voice, though it is a tenuous thing. i also still have a cough, and it is not at all tenuous, but the voice is encouraging. also, no cold symptoms have shown up to crash the flu's party, so i'm still quite able to taste my food.

and the zucchini i thinly sliced to microwave over a half cup of roast chicken turned out beautifully. i can now add that squash to the list of things i can cook and still want to eat. hurrah!

i saw the beowulf prof in the hall, so now he's got proof that my email was not a slacking sort of email. i got the new lines for translation, too.

class went well today, and i could talk the whole time, even though i got quite raspy nearer to the end. they seemed not to hate the story after we discussed it. that's success in my book.

and even though i'm still at the office, i have a ride to my car so there's no need to walk long distances in the dark, cold, windy night. that, i feel, might spark a distinct downward trend in my recovery. yea for office mates.

now for the bad news: the reason i'm blogging now and going home soon is that a) i am out of cough syrup and need more in a somewhat desperate fashion. b) i cannot take any more student papers. i've read the ones written by my A students and am now incredibly discouraged. somewhere, something went horrifically wrong. i will need to regroup, perhaps rewrite the rubric, and invent some happiness this weekend. sigh. i had hoped when i went back to working on my teaching-related stuff, i would not be faced with negative stuff. alas.

love and peace.