Shoot Me Now

Lee has had a cold / flu / sinus infection / something for a couple weeks. Now, I'm coming down with something. I really don't want to spend the next two weeks with something.

In class this morning, I was doing my best to follow along with only about half of my brain working. It wasn't a medicated trance, but I definitely wasn't all there. I did go after class to get some medicine. I got Day Time and Nite Time (DayQuil and NyQuil, but Wal-Mart brands), plus cough drops, and Aleve Cold and Sinus. The Aleve contains pseudoephadrine, so I had to get it at the pharmacy counter. I felt like a criminal with all the security on this stuff. I wanted something that lasts 12 hours, though, and all my choices were behind the counter. After all the trouble it takes to get this stuff, it better be good.

After a nap (I hardly slept at all last night due to the coughing and congestion), I was feeling much better, though still well below 100%. I've been holding steady since then, but I haven't done much, either. I did try my hand at some calculations for a design I'm considering for my tactical missile project. I know that what I did is wrong (I used basic projectile motion, and we established in class today that that model is much too simple to work over the range), but it gives me a place to start. I still don't have a good answer for how I'm going to stop it when I get it into the target zone, but I need to get it there first.

I don't want to go to class tomorrow. At least it isn't an early class. I can take my time in the morning, get fully medicated, and just show up for class, then leave again.

And yes, I did email Gloyer asking for some formal project requirements. He had not gotten back to me as of this writing. Anything I get will be forwarded on, if needed (I assume he'd just send it to everyone). More tomorrow.