I'm getting over the flu this week. I've recovered from most of the symptoms but I'm still pretty weak and disoriented. My sleep schedule has been inverted, as tends to be the case whenever I have half an excuse. I'm going to try to correct it, but it won't be easy, and I hate to deprive myself of the rest necessary to aid my recovery.

I had to miss work this week, which was unfortunate. I'll have to plan around the resulting budget shortfall, but it's nothing I can't handle. Soon my probationary period will be over and I'll be able to take sick days in this sort of situation. I'll get vacation days, too, but the most exciting development that will mean is that I can no longer be fired at the drop of a hat. I'll now be subject to a somewhat lengthy disciplinary process, and I've never given any indication that I would need disciplining, so barring any financial catastrophe I'll be secure in my job, for better or worse. I'm enjoying being able to financially plan, but I still find that an unsatisfactorily large portion of my time is spent alone. When I'm at work I'm mostly alone, and when I'm here I'm always alone, since my roommates have returned home for Christmas. It's unfortunate. I don't try to work it out like that. Quite the contrary. It just always works out like that. It's a situation that needs to be amended, but until I graduate I think it'll stay the same.

Graduation. I have one more semester of college to go, and it doesn't start until the 17th of January. I'm glad for a reprieve from school, but I wish my social life were more active. When I've recovered from this illness I'm gonna do some hanging out with some people. A week is a long time to be down and around the apartment.