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I woke up this morning sweating like crazy with pain in my left ear. I just made an appointment for 4pm for the doctor. I cannot travel like this. I need to make sure I am 100% healthy.

Taught all day, finished around 2, took a very brief nap, then I worked on my docs until 5. That filled my day up. After work we had dinner; B made broccoli cheddar soup. It was pretty good. I wasn't in a good enough mood to appreciate it though. This pain in my ear was already starting and it was making me cranky as hell. She too wasn't feeling well and around 9 she took two excedrin PM and went off to bed. I followed shortly after around 10.

The only other thing to go on yesterday is me being extremely pissed off at USPS. Things are days late, stuff was delivered to the office at 5:47pm, and I didn't find out until 6:30pm. They are just doing a shit job up here when it comes to delivery. I am not happy with USPS at all. One of the things I am waiting for is a gift for someone that really needs to get here before I leave. In addition, I have a Chromebook on order that I want to take with me on this trip.

Yes, I ordered a Chromebook for myself. B and I have been talking about how I don't really use my laptop as a laptop when I am. She will sometimes say to me "just bring your laptop out here" when I ask her to look things up on hers. The problem is, my laptop is big, powerful, and plugged into a monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. Moving my laptop is a huge pain. Hence, the need for a 'real' laptop or as my friend called it, a tablet plus. It weighs like 3 lbs, has a 14" screen, and will be perfect for the things I want it for. I also wanted it for this trip. I have to teach while on the road and I use two machines when I teach. One for the presentation for the class, one for me to read for notes. I have done it before with a tablet, but it was hard to read. This way I can have it in the hotel room with the presentation available for me. This is very similar to what I did in 2009 when I had that little netbook that I took to Europe. Not as powerful as a big one, but perfect for email, web surfing, quick docs, etc. But if USPS keeps fucking up, it won't get here in time and that will piss me off.

I am probably crankier about this than I should be because of my ears, but whatever. Another day of teaching followed by the doctor. Let's go.