I have some kind of strep thing or something like that, so I don’t feel too great. Of course, this happens to be the work that Adam is out of town, so I’m the only IT person in the office. I can’t go in to work, and there is the usual litany of stuff that needs to be done – cell phones need to ordered, spyware needs to be purged, a copier set up, or whatever. I have a hard time ‘disconnecting’ from my idea that I’m obligated to my work but then I remember that I’m just a co-op that they pay $10/hour so they can’t expect me to come in when I’m sick. That always makes me feel a little better; I feel like I’m a horrible person if I miss a day of work.
The doctor told me to gargle salt water. Some times I wonder if they just make this stuff up because they think it’s funny:
Doctor 1: I just told my patient to gargle salt water, and he believed it! What a moron!
Doctor 2: I told mine he had 3 weeks to live, when in reality he’s got about 4 days!
Doctor 1: All right!
(they high five)
I finished my optics project, which I was not looking forward to working on. It has turned out to be pretty cool. I will add a link to it here when I finish uploading it, but it’s like 13 MB so it might take a while.