how am i doing?

i've been up since i think 11:00 or so, but i was back to sleep after 6:00. i want to be productive, of course, but i don't see any use in killing myself to do it - i'm sick, i need some rest.

the coughing is slowing down, and the chest congestion is starting to break up a little. but, it's still fundamentally a dry, hacking cough that is having some trouble clearing the phlegm out of my throat.

i need to do that reading on the human rights commission, still. that's going to be the focus this afternoon.