MONDAY BLUES, AND I FINALLY FALL SICK

I spent a large part of the weekend creating a risk model that quantifies the risk inherent in the fund, and went to bed on Sunday night feeling really good about where we were. This morning, I woke up with a sore throat, and irritated membranes in my nose (sinus pressure and all). It was horrible. I knew it was going to be a long day. I was also running late, so I did not get my daily fix of scrambled eggs, cereal, and coffee. After getting into the office, I opened the model and realized that there were some logical errors it that set me back about a day, which was not good given that I committed to having it ready for the client to review today. At around 3:30, I had a breakthrough, and the thing was finally working (but far from pretty). Turns out that the client was not in such a rush because it was a national holiday for Eid, so I had some luck there as well.

At around 3:30, I also ended up hitting the wall, and was pretty much worthless at work, and spent the next hour and a half catching up on news in a general state of misery. I rummaged through my backpack and struck gold when I found a Sudafed in my bag, which provided some temporary relief. My co-worker was joking about me contracting the H1N1 virus. People here take the virus VERY seriously. When we enter the country, everyone has to do a health check where they take your temperature to see if you’re running a fever. The public busses are plastered with H1N1 billboards, and a lot of Asians wear face masks in public places. Even at the office, each elevator has a hand sanitizer dispenser that everyone uses. I’m not too concerned, though. I have plenty of friends in public health who have assured me it’s not a big deal. Mass hysteria is interesting.

Incidentally, on our way home, we stopped off at a pharmacy, where (for all his jokes) I spied my co-worker buying some Imodium…ha. It was bound to happen to one of us – better him then me!

All right, it’s 11:30pm, my risk model is still not complete, but tomorrow is another day… for now, I’m going to load up on Tylenol PM, stick my laundry in the dryer, do the dishes (yuk!) and get some rest!