Got up at like 4am because I'd gone to bed so early the night before and couldn't go back to sleep no matter how hard I tried. By the time I got up for good at about quarter past seven, I was groggy, tired, frustrated and really annoyed. Had a mild headache, and felt my throat wasn't right.
Having been bitten by the Orange line the day before, I took the red line to work -- walked to Davis, red line, and then the green line, still got there a lot earlier than anyone else. Had lots of tea with honey again, to cure the sniffles.
Work was more complicated than expected, since the underlying system was not configured for my purposes. Worked on fixing that and asked folks around for hand sanitizers because of the runny nose. People freaked out since I'd been to Singapore A MONTH ago. So attended the 11AM meeting and left for home ASAP because didn't want to freak people out and they were being quite antsy. Took the green line, orange line, and then the bus 89. Walked from Old Maghoun square, right outside several voting booths.
At home, made the most amazing scrambled eggs, spinach with feta on a tonne of butter. So creamy and tasty! Put it on two solid slices of toast and topped with salsa. YUM! I'd buy it for ten bucks, easy. Maybe when I open my own restaurant one day, this is what I should work towards. Lots of butter, way more than should be legal, three eggs that are extremely well-beaten with just a bit of salt, melty cheese and feta cheese, and corn-based salsa on medium toast. Perhaps even avocados on side with salt-pepper and honey sprinkled. That would be the brunch of a freakin' king!
Worked for the rest of the day, talked to a bunch of international friends, but the room was still messy since I hadn't had the time to unpack due to illness and jetlag. As a result, talked a bunch, used twitter and reddit way more than I have in a long time, followed political news of the super tuesday that was today-- my first close following of American election news in more than four years, felt excited, sad, decisive, and went to sleep. Roommates were not home really, and I was feeling very very sick, unable to breathe, unable to sleep properly I was worried that it could get a lot worse but also hopeful it was just due to my body trying to recover from jetlag and lack of sleep.
Talked to DC gang and folks in Philly after a very very long time and made plans for upcoming days. I need to be more organized about talking to people on the phone, and expand my list of friends I call. In any case, it was good to get caught up on all things Singapore, Nepal, West Coast, DC Virginia, Philadelphia, end everywhere around.
Ended up sleeping soundly finally after listening to several episodes of The Office.
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