As I was going to bed last night I felt the dryness in the back of my throat that usually means an oncoming cold. I took action immediately, taking two vitamin pills, drinking a hot brandy, and going straight to bed with the heater and electric blanket both cranked up pretty high.
This morning I woke up with a run-of-the-mill sore throat, but that’s it. The sore throat isn’t bad, today I was sucking on some cough drops during the day, and I had some spicy soup for lunch and dinner to try to burn the engine clean. Hopefully it won’t turn into a full-blown cold. The timing sucks – right before the weekend. Ugh.
I had two classes today, and we reviewed songs by Britney Spears, Sum 41, White Zombie, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones. Nobody has picked Frank Sinatra yet, but I’m hoping it will happen soon. Next week I’m going to force my students to review some stuff they’ve never heard – it will be fun.
After school Mr. Hayashi and I taught some of our students how to prepare for the STEP test coming up. We did mock interviews so that they could get a feel for it, and they were really nervous, even for the fake test. I hope that they do OK for the real thing.
After school I got a ride with Mr. Hayashi to the Kakogawa station, and from there I took the train to Uozumi to pick up a package that my folks sent. It was full of good foods and spices. There was even some Valentine candy hearts – I’m going to take them into school tomorrow and pass them around. On the way home I grabbed a big bowl of ramen with kimchee, and then I went home to rest up. I’m off to bed early tonight – I’ve got to let my white blood cells do their work.
