Take the test, by Emily.

sigh. not having a good day again. Last night, I ate some frozen breadsticks - I have to be really careful about some processed food because there is some funky flavoring or preservative that I have a food intolerance to. Apparently it was in these breadsticks because I had horrible stomach cramps and pains all night. Not unlike someone trying to put out a lit cigarette on the inside of my duodenum.

Then this morning, rushing to put dishes away out of the dishwasher, I dropped a plastic cutting board and broke Bodum tea press #2 (this was the replacement for the one I broke like last week). The lesson here, my children, is DO NOT RUSH TO MAKE THE HOUSE CLEAN AND ACCEPTABLE BEFORE GOING TO WORK.

Then, finally, headed out to the car, all dressed up because the chancellor of higher ed for my state is coming to campus today, I started to slip on the ice. And I twisted to catch myself (I did not have time to fall on my butt in the snow and have to go change clothes) and I wrenched my back.

And then, I found out that I cannot submit an ESA abstract because the due date is a couple weeks earlier than I thought and I won't have one ready. I'm trying desperately to convince myself that this is meant to be, that there will be something better for me to do the end of July and the beginning of August (better=anything that will enhance my tenure chances) but right now I'm kind of sad about it.