What demons of stupidity possessed me into thinking I could just “suck it up” come in to work with the flu, even for a half day? My teeth are chattering so hard I can’t see the computer screen and I am pretty sure that even my hair hurts. I have two coats on and my hood up over my headset. Another hour and a half to go… then back to my couch and my Firefly DVDs.

I am doing a pretty good job of staying away from everyone except I had to look something up on a coworker’s computer earlier. The only thing I could find to remove the ‘cooties’ was perfumed Bath & Body Works ‘citrus-basil’ hand sanitizer, which I scrubbed the mouse and keyboard with. Hopefully the smell will dissipate somewhat before Mindy gets here; the stuff is pretty potent-smelling, and I think she might have preferred taking her chances with the germs.