Mediocre Man vs. The Pernicious Malady

Sometime Friday past my body was taken over by a most pernicious malady. My throat has been on fire, my chest a gurgling mess, my sinuses alternating between completely dried out and running like a faucet, and my mouth, as a result of the sinus conundrum, feels like a camel has taken to using it as a latrine.

I am currently on my second bottle of NyQuil (generic Walgreen's brand). I Find that using the little cup is a futile endeavor and that the best results are gained from simply slugging away at the bottle until you achieve that fun, floating, happy feeling. Saturday evening I chugged down the remnants of bottle 1 (even going so far as to add a little water to the bottle so I could get those elusive last drops) and plunked down to play some WoW. Well... about half an hour in I passed out sitting up. When I woke up not long after, my pixelated avatar was in the corner running into a wall. That is the "fun zone" of NyQuil!

In addition to being invaded my phlegmy little aliens I have also been contending with English 121. It is amazing how easily a little procrastination can snowball into a total clusterfuck. I didn't get as much (i.e. any) of my homework done over the weekend as I would have liked as a result of said odious infestation. My first paper was due last night (Wednesday) and I didn't sit down to really write it until Tuesday afternoon. It was, in my humble opinion, a steaming pile of bullshit... hopefully the professor wont notice.

For this weekend I have to read 3 chapters, write a 2 page paper in response to those chapters, start researching for my second paper, and start researching for my midterm. Man, this chick likes to pile it on! On top of all that I am working a few hours this Saturday and next to get ahead of the whole "clean up in order to close up." After work this Saturday I will be heading into Portsmouth for a lunch/cram session with my favorite classmates at Popovers.

The worst part... It's supposed to be in the 70s and sunny all weekend and I will be spending it studying and working. Whose idea was this whole going back to school thing anyway?