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There is definitely some sort of summer cold going around my office. Two people were out with it yesterday; two more are out today. The last thing I want is to be sick…

I’m wondering if my “off day” yesterday wasn’t a result of a little minor bug. I had a pretty bad headache by the end of the day, and I felt achy — more than I should have based on my workout yesterday at lunch. I took a quick nap between work and class last night (by which I mean, I took a quick nap for the last 30 minutes of work!), and that helped some. And then I just took it really easy last night after class — went straight home, ate a small, bland meal, and went to bed really early without anymore exercise or homework or housework. I feel a lot better today; I’m hoping I’ve staved it off!

I tend to have a good immune system (knock on wood!); I’m not one of those people who catch everything that goes around. I regularly take vitamins, and I do eat a really balanced diet, heavy on the veggies, which I know helps. But I do also work in an environment where people are very on top of each other, and we work in teams a lot, and we have different folks in and out of our office a lot, so sometime we all succumb to those viruses…

Anyway, in honor of feeling better (and just because we both could use a little pick-me-up), tonight my boyfriend and I are treating ourselves to a nice dinner out. There’s a local restaurant that specializes in all natural, organic food, and they have a lot of vegetarian options, and they’re very health-conscious about all of their preparation in a way that your average American restaurant, unfortunately, is not. It’s a little on the pricey side, so we don’t go very often, but it’s easily one of my favorite places… So, that’s tonight’s plan — just the two of us, a good, healthy dinner that neither of us have to cook, and conversation about good things (like our upcoming vacation to Disney World!) and no talk about work or school or the things that have had us down lately. Cannot wait.