sidelined

For the last week or so I've been on forced time-off due to a horrendous cold. For some reason it decided to crawl into my sinuses and settle down for a little while. I'm on the upswing for sure, but my weekend was spent cloistered in my bed despite there being several things that needed my attention. All the extra sleep and general rest did me a world of good as the fever I was running late last week has disappeared and now I've only got to beat this deep chest cough to call myself healthy again.

Taking time off from running has been good too. It's given my body a chance to focus all it's energy on getting healthy. I'm still a little to weak to fully give myself over to the road, as yesterday I went for a quick swim and after only 10 laps was feeling pretty well tired out. I'll get back out to business when I feel I can. But it may be next week.

Adding to the stress of being sick I've finally bitten the bullet and registered myself for the GRE (Graduate Record Exam). It's basically the SAT's for graduate school, but it's not something I'm going to enjoy. In fact, whenever I tell someone I'm taking the GRE this fall they make a face like they've just eaten something awful. I call it the "bad taste face". Really, it doesn't inspire much confidence when people have such a reaction to something that I have to do.

But not only do I have to take the general GRE, I have to take the subject test as well. The subject test is a 200 multiple choice question exam on everything biology related. In my study guides it details the sections regarding plants. I hate plants. I haven't studied plants in almost six years, and even then it was because I was dragged into it kicking and screaming.

So with everything as it is now, I can't wait to get back to running. I so desperately need a time to focus on one thing for a fixed period of time. But for now, it's time for more Emergen-C and sudafed to banish these cold germs.