So, my students have already gotten me sick.  I woke up Friday morning with a sore throat that has blossomed into quite the cold, and I'm pretty upset about it.  I haven't been sick at all since... April? So I suppose I shouldn't be that grouchy, but at the same time I feel like I have every right to be grouchy.  I mean, I had a camper SNEEZE ON MY FACE this summer and never had so much as a sniffle.  A week and a half with middle and high schoolers, though, and I'm miserable! Punks.

I had a wonderful time at Houghton this weekend!  It's so weird to be on campus but not living there or taking classes.  I spent some lovely quality time with some wonderful people, caught a little more than half of one of the Hamlet Week Hamlets, watched Hot Fuzz in the "sketchy corner" of the campus center basement, and basically lived in Java.  Mmmm.  

Today I made soup, in an attempt to kill my cold.  Mid-souping, however, one of our pepper shakers popped open and I dumped SO MUCH PEPPER all over the stove and kitchen floor!

The soup was fine, but it was still quite a pain.