Worried about your blogging

Hey guys,

I am starting to worry for the people who haven't blogged yet--this is an assignment that is hard to leave to the last minute, since it involves so many steps. I am so happy to see the people who have posted on my own blog, but I am disappointed to see that many of those same people haven't created their own blog. Please remember, posting on my blog is only part of the assignment! You also need to post three of your own entries on your _own_ blog; also, you need to respond to three different people with one post to each person on their blog. So, far, I have seen only a few people set up their own blogs, and only one person so far that has posted to another person's blog (thanks Deena!). So, this totals 7 blog posts, in all. Of course, I might be a worrywart, and it will all work out by Monday--which I really hope it does because I will be having an evaluation done in one of my classes by my boss early next week, who I have bragged about this blog activity to...so I don't want to seem like a failure. And I might seem like a failure if a lot of people don't complete the assignment and thus have something to talk about on Monday and Tuesday. Also, less selfishly, I want to post to your guys' blogs, since you have said things on my blog I want to individually respond to, which I can't do if you don't set up your blogs!

On a more informal note: I am sick. My 1302 classes might have noticed that I had to cancel my classes today so I could go to the doctor. I figured that if I took one day off to get medicine then I could prevent having to take off more days...so, I have used my _own_ emergency absence this semester. :( Later in the semester, you all will have a sub in November, when I have to take my Ph.D. exams...however, I will let you know more about this later on. Anyway, back to being sick...I am blaming it on you guys! So many of you have come to class or my conferences with the sniffles. :) Really, something is going around...some kind of ick. My mother-in-law was sick last week (who is probably the person I got it from, in reality) and now my husband looks like he caught it from me. Now I am on icky antibiotics, from a secondary throat infection that came out of the cold I caught at the end of last week. The funny thing is that my throat doesn't hurt! It feels like I have an ear-ache. Now, I wish that I had had my tonsils out long ago, since it looks like it is my tonsils that are infected, which is what is giving me the illusion of an ear-ache.

Now, I am going to go eat some chicken noodle soup, feel sorry for myself, and hope that more people create blogs and post to eachother's blogs!

Melissa