I think I'm mostly over the cold/virus thing. I still cough (wrapping my arms around my chest as tightly as I can to avoid stressing the muscles I've already pulled) and my voice is still croaky, but at least it doesn't hurt to talk any more and I don't have to keep a box of tissues within five feet of me.

Today was mostly a life-maintenance-stuff day. It was mid-semester assessment testing (no classes), so I didn't even go in.

Yesterday, while I was home on my SICK DAY, I did all the accumulated laundry (including all the fabric I had bought both over the weekend and back over the time when my drain was out of commission). I also got caught up on grading and wrote the next soils exam.

Today, "Mr. Electric" (Heh. Makes me think of "Mr. Plow") came out and fixed the light switch with far fewer problems than I anticipated. (How good it is to have a functioning overhead light again. And the fan! When it gets hot out again I will have no problems running the fan). It was a $70 service call but well worth it. (The switch actually had been hinky for a while...once or twice it turned itself off before I got it fixed. And sometimes it wouldn't "catch" and turn the light on. And once there was a wee little spark which, in retrospect, probably should have been when I called the electrician but as I said, I tend to be avoidant about such things).

I also took my car out for an oil and filter change, and wrote most of my ecology exam for next week while I was waiting on that.

After all that, I pressed off the fabric I had washed (which is a big job), sewed a few blocks on the latest quilt, and then put together the backs for the four tops I want to take in to be quilted. And I called the quilter. And she no longer does retail hours, which is a frustration, because it will be harder to get stuff to her and pick it up when it's done. (I should ask around and see if there's anyone here in town who does decent longarm work. As much as I have liked this person's work in the past, it's becoming increasingly complicated to get stuff to and from her. It would be nice not to have to drive 1/2 hour each way to drop off and pick up tops).

I had to aggressively piece the backs for the two Linus quilts; I misjudged how much fabric I would need. (Now, hopefully, the quilter will call back tomorrow and I could take them all down Friday...)