Under the weather, over the moon.

There was a lot of coughing and sneezing and sniffling and the like among my classmates last week, so that by the time the weekend rolled around I wiped my brow and let out a brief but heartfelt sigh of relief that I had escaped infection. Of course by the time Saturday night arrived I was congested and achey. I’m surviving well enough, and yesterday afternoon I went to the pharmacy and picked myself up some vitamin C, some garlic pills, some peppermint tea and some calcium caramels. Combined with my daily vitamins, I’m expecting some sort of miracle recovery. I’ve never been very good about taking vitamins on a regular basis. On average, I’d take my daily vitamins weekly, and other supplements at most a few times a year. One thing I’ve been working on as I’ve been reinventing myself in terms of habits and daily practices is to eat at home more (which has been going amazingly well), and to be healthier in my diet, which includes taking vitamins.

In short, so far no dramatic sense of well-being, but I remain hopeful.

That covers under the weather. As for the other, I’m over the moon because tomorrow morning I set off for Parsippany, New Jersey to see my darling Abigail for a few brief and much-needed days. Her cousin’s getting married, and close enough to me that it made sense for me to drive down. I mean, after spending a week moving from Washington to Montreal, what’s a 7-hour drive? Peanuts, that’s what.

Classes continue to go well, and today and tomorrow is the voting for the McGill Library and Information Studies Student Association (MLISSA) executive team. I’m running for VP against two other people, so wish me luck!

In other exciting news, I have a fancy desk and chair in my apartment now, delivered from Ikea, so I expect both my work and blog productivity to increase. I’m so far behind on my bloglines that it’s not even funny, but I’m hoping to at least start reading my online info sources again, so that I may have exciting and pertinent things to share. Until then, toodles!