Wow, I am truly sorry for not posting recently. I didn't think this big a gap would happen. Like I said before, my Tuesdays and Wednesdays are really busy, Wednesdays particularly, so I don't plan on having elaborate posts on those days. But then Thursday struck me down with a cold, so I just tried to do my homework as fast as possible and head to bed. Friday was similar. And now I've slept most of my Saturday away. This little cold just sort of punched me in the gut by surprise. Again, sorry. Now, to recap I suppose.

Tuesday, once more, was only exciting for my Engineering lab. Only this time we practiced designing and brainstorming. We had to reimagine a shopping cart. I may or may not have cheated a bit, as I had done this same project freshman year in intro engineering, and I knew what was considered good ideas. But I think a lot of the guys in my class have never been shopping in their lives. Some of their designs were more dangerous/unwieldy/impractical than the ones already in use. Ridiculous.

Wednesday, my physics lab was canceled for the short week, which I didn't mind. It was also the second meeting I went to for SDSL. I am now officially on the Structure and Mechanisms Subsystem team, or SMS for short (there are a lot of acronyms in this club. I'll try to explain them before I shorten them). We talked about the budget spread sheet, and set up task lists for each team, and I am trying to get the modeling programs they use so I can really be helpful when we get going in full swing. I found out that I can only download it as an upperclassmen, which was kind of a bummer. But I made this club an honors contract project, so my professor managed to pull some strings for me.

Gah, this is just getting too awesome.

Thursday, not very busy, I finally got sick. Now that I think about it, I think I may or may not have gotten it from a lab partner on Tuesday. Weird, because we all sort of avoided him like he had the plague (which he did, in a way). Oh well, lots of tea, soup, and juice followed. Skye and I met with an old friend for dinner we hadn't seen since Comicon, that was nice. Until we were trapped in the student center/cafeteria for an hour because of the dust storm that rolled over the campus.But we didn't mind, we just talked for a bit about stuff. I like how in high school, the first thing people asked was your grade, and in college it's what major you're doing. Just an interesting difference I noticed.

Friday, I finished the last dregs of homework I skipped for sleep. Turns out my self teaching for the last few problems was unnecessary. The professor said we didn't cover the substitutions as much as she would've liked, so she wouldn't be grading the last problems. I could've slept in another hour! Let the inwardly raging fit ensue. But the day had started overcast, and I managed to pull through the class with the last of the tissues in my pocket before finding that the rain the sky had been promising was finally unleashed. Well then. It wasn't a cold rain, so I figured it'd be safe to walk through. I kept to the overhangs as much as I could; I was still sick, after all. Tristan and I partied inside the student center until we were joined by Skye and Taylor, and turned it into a lunch date.

By the time we had to depart for our classes, the rain had subsided, thankfully. Chinese was uneventful, but Meredith and I raced back to the dorms on our bikes, trying and failing to avoid puddles. I waited for a bit in my room, then Tristan escaped his class and we decided to go fetch ramen for dinner. That soup was delicious. And definitely what I needed. It was also Tristan's first boba. I love boba. I don't know if I've said that already, but I'll say it again. We exchanged music in my dorm once we got back, then decided to wander campus again in search of an adventure.

Somehow our wanderings brought us to Pop Culture Paradise, a comic and card shop right off campus. It was Friday Night Magic, and the place was packed. We rummaged through the card bins, he bought some, I found myself clutching at some X-Men comics, and we left there spending money we probably shouldn't have, but oh well. Now I had something to read while I was in bed all day Saturday. He wound up leaving for home around nine, but Meredith got off work and dragged me to the gym with her. Exercise is good when you're sick, right? Because I certainly felt better while working out.

One more cup of tea after my shower before bed, and then I crawled into the covers and welcomed the end of a very busy day.

Today, I slept in. I actually, physically stayed asleep past seven in the morning. Granted, it was only until eight thirty, but that's besides the point. I crawled out of bed to grab my computer and watched movies all morning, trying to just relax and rest. Some soup for lunch, lots of tea today, and then a glorious six hour nap. I think that really helped. Unfortunately, every hour spent sleeping is an hour I wasn't doing homework this weekend. Guess tomorrow is going to be busy. But I am feeling better, even if I'm not completely back to normal. I know I put a lot of you through some worry, what with my disappearance from the internet, I'll try to keep this a little more regular, even if the posts are just quick "Hey, I'm alive, everything's okay" blurbs. Maybe I'll feed my blog some Activia or something.

Don't expect anything amazing from tomorrow. It's just going to be laundry, homework, and lots of sleeping. I think sleep is the greatest thing ever. Wish I could do it more.