Sickness!

Ugh! I'm dreadfully sick today. My head is throbbing, and my throat is in full-scale rebellion against me. I came over here with a terrible cold that hasn't yet left me, so I've now got some sort of cruel commingling of Eastern and Western germs. I'm sure there's a metaphor in that, but my brain is too feverish and addled to tease it out. I am going to call in sick and go back to bed, hopefully to recover before next week.