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I’m tired. I don’t know why I’m so tired as I’ve been sleeping like a baby all the way through the night. This morning I was sleeping so well that I just about missed my bus! It was rainy and cloudy and somehow the beep of the alarm was just an annoying thing to be swatted in a half-awake state – until I realized I had to be on the bus in 20 minutes!!!!

My cough continues and after a bout of coughing I not only feel tired, but down right exhausted. This afternoon I put my head down on my desk several times and very nearly fell right asleep.

The good news is my feature was okay so no last-minute panicky interviewing. That means I’m in okay shape at work. I wish I was a bit further along on the February issue, but it’s okay.

My antibiotics and cough medicine should finish up tonight and then I’m off of both of them. I know that’s not going to be good for the cough. So, the dilemma now is do I go back to the local doc to complain again – missing yet another day of work – or do I just hold out to get to NIH? Right now I’m leaning toward NIH. I just can’t afford to miss more work. I guess we’ll see how it goes.

This evening I got nothing done. I came home, went to bed, and didn’t wake up again until just a bit ago. Why am I so tired today???
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