Never should have....

I hate to say it, but I never should have agreed to do the Cancer Walk on Sunday. Sure it's a charitable event, it's a good excuse to get out and take in some fresh air. I thought that it would give me an excuse to get in some non-renovation-related activity. But there's a certain level of risk one takes in committing to such an event. It creates an opportunity for Murphy's law. On Tuesday, my classmate Amanda commented on my sneezing and I assured her that it was just allergies. On Thursday I started to get the itchy ears and sore throat that indicated maybe she was right, maybe I really was coming down with something. Yesterday, I thought I could get ahead of this thing by remaining mostly horizontal all day, drinking lots of fluids and not doing anything strenuous. Today I'm sick. I have a box of tissues at my side, I'm breathing through my mouth, and my body feels like it's lost all lubrication in the joints and any temperature regulation it may once have been capable of. I'm not the only one, apparently my mother is sick too, and possibly my sister.

So what are the chances that I'll be "all better" by tomorrow? I've got a bottle of NyQuil with my name on it.

Plumbing Complete!

One room down...

...two to go.