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So, I've been home from work for the last two days. Flu-like symptoms include body aches, headaches, several varieties of stomach ick (I'll spare the details, but so far my stomach gave me a huge yelling-at for the toast I tried to have this morning), dizziness, a low-grade fever, and a sore throat.
I don't think I have the hamthrax, but others have asked if I do. This has been bouncing around the office, and I think it may just be a garden-variety flu-bug. Though it could be the Flu of Swine. If it is, I'm kind of disappointed. I was expecting something a lot more epic and Stephen King-flavored, this is pretty lame, honestly. This is nowhere nearly as bad as the Great Holiday Plague of 2007. Hell, I've even recently had food poisoning that was worse.
The worst thing about all of this is that my brain isn't really functioning up to normal standards. Concentration is hard, as are bright screens. I have to leave to go and take an exam in a bit, too. But luckily for me I have a good track record for taking exams while sick (NYC Elementary-Level Standardized tests and the English Regents were both aced while I was deathly ill. True story). Plus, the topic is Real Estate, and after two classes, I can say with absolute certainty that talking to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
redesignerreading Brownstoner have taught me more about real estate law than this class did. Plus? OPEN BOOK. And, just multi-choice/true-false, too. I've come up with a reasonable algorhythm for exams - depending on how invested your professor is, and this is easy to tell if you pay attention, you can figure out just how hard this test will be. Don't get me wrong, the instructors are all pretty good, but there are more than a few who think having to administer and grade exams is a bullshit waste of time, and they act accordingly. This guy is definitely in that category. I've been trying to study, but it's not easy, both due to the overwhelming feeling of "I totally know this!" and "Gee whiz, how come those letters are moving!"
No idea if I should go in to work or not tomorrow. Friends have advised me not to. Some people I work with are kind of martyr-tastic when it comes to being sick, and drag themselves and their germs in for all to share because they *arm to forehead* had! so! much! work! to! do! But, we'll see. I may give it a shot and see how long I last.
Now to get my things together to roll out.
I don't think I have the hamthrax, but others have asked if I do. This has been bouncing around the office, and I think it may just be a garden-variety flu-bug. Though it could be the Flu of Swine. If it is, I'm kind of disappointed. I was expecting something a lot more epic and Stephen King-flavored, this is pretty lame, honestly. This is nowhere nearly as bad as the Great Holiday Plague of 2007. Hell, I've even recently had food poisoning that was worse.
The worst thing about all of this is that my brain isn't really functioning up to normal standards. Concentration is hard, as are bright screens. I have to leave to go and take an exam in a bit, too. But luckily for me I have a good track record for taking exams while sick (NYC Elementary-Level Standardized tests and the English Regents were both aced while I was deathly ill. True story). Plus, the topic is Real Estate, and after two classes, I can say with absolute certainty that talking to
redesignerreading Brownstoner have taught me more about real estate law than this class did. Plus? OPEN BOOK. And, just multi-choice/true-false, too. I've come up with a reasonable algorhythm for exams - depending on how invested your professor is, and this is easy to tell if you pay attention, you can figure out just how hard this test will be. Don't get me wrong, the instructors are all pretty good, but there are more than a few who think having to administer and grade exams is a bullshit waste of time, and they act accordingly. This guy is definitely in that category. I've been trying to study, but it's not easy, both due to the overwhelming feeling of "I totally know this!" and "Gee whiz, how come those letters are moving!"No idea if I should go in to work or not tomorrow. Friends have advised me not to. Some people I work with are kind of martyr-tastic when it comes to being sick, and drag themselves and their germs in for all to share because they *arm to forehead* had! so! much! work! to! do! But, we'll see. I may give it a shot and see how long I last.
Now to get my things together to roll out.
