A chocolate cure

My rebellious nose didn't behave too badly today at work: it wasn't that congested and I didn't have to blow my nose too frequently. But an hour after eating supper, my nose got stuffy again and I was beginning to feel irritated because I couldn't breath easily. So I tried sucking on some candy and taking frequent sips of water. This has always worked with me but not this time. Then much later I had a yen for some chocolate so I got one piece of Bacetti (we have a whole bag given by a family friend working in Italy) from the fridge and ate it. Surprise: my stuffy nose cleared up! And it has remained clear until now, an hour later.

Today's to-do done

I told my students that I would be posting their class standings tomorrow afternoon yet. But I managed to get everything done today: I graded their exams, entered their scores into my spreadsheet record file then printed it all out to post on the corkboard outside my office door. Now I'm done! And it's just past 5pm, a good 23 hours before my self-imposed deadline.

Expanding my music library

I'm once again listening to the radio streamed through the Internet because I'm (still) tired of listening to my mp3s. Besides, I get to hear something new and interesting once in a while. When that happens I look up the name of the piece on the radio station's playlist, paste it into my Google Notebook and hope to find an mp3 or CD of it sometime in the future. Or if it was a piano piece, I'd be sure to look for sheet music.