Sure enough, I predicted it on Halloween. I blinked, and now it's almost Thanksgiving. I'm currently dealing with what is probably bronchitis (I say probably because I haven't gone to the doctor to get an "official" diagnosis, but given the chest pain, it's no ordinary cold. Trust me.)
I find myself swamped with homework, more so than usual: Chapter of Mechanics of Materials homework, Transportation Engineering homework, a lab report, Water Software homework, scheduled all-day presentation at my old high school to survey students about driver's education, and it's all due at the beginning of this week and 3 of those assignments I haven't started yet. I could also do a drafting module, if I'm feeling ambitious. And I'll probably do a module anyway, because I hate the idea of having additional work hanging over my head like a storm cloud.
My day today was rather hectic. I slept until 10:00 am, because I figured I should given being sick and needing rest. Then, I started to drive up to the university. On the way there, there was steam rising out of the hood on the right side where the coolant tank is located. My dad always calls it the reservoir. So anyway, given the location of the steam, I hypothesized that the coolant reservoir had overtopped, so the steam was probably coming from there. I watched the temperature gage and it didn't reach above halfway. However, given the visual steam, I called home to inform my parents. Then, I printed out 100 surveys for my transportation engineering project, called an online driving school to see what I needed to do to make surveying students possible, talked to my professor overseeing the project about it, went downstairs to touch base with a different group member to make sure the meeting time was good for 3 pm later, and then talked to another professor about the errors I was dealing with in my water software class.
Then, I called home about whether or not I should drive my new steam engine home or not. I couldn't get the radiator cap off and neither could two manly bystanders. So I filled the coolant reservoir with additional water. And I was impressed that I managed to tilt the jug of water so well as to not spill any water on the ground under the car. I must have done this a lot.....*cough*cough*
Then, I drove the car home, while watching the thermostat. The only motivation I had driving this car home was thinking, "I will earn (imaginary) points with Dad, if I manage to drive the car home." And miraculously, I managed to keep the car in good stead by running the air conditioning full-blast and trying to not get stuck idling too long before intersections. The temperature kept fluctuating until I turned to pull it into the driveway. That's when the temperature finally reached the red. So I still count this expedition as a success. That's debatable.
Then, I drove up to the high school to deliver surveys to some of my teachers for transportation engineering and made the Tuesday appointment with one of my teachers to survey her students. Then, I drove home. I laid in my bed for 10 minutes, got up, and drove back up to school for a water software group term project meeting. Then, we met for approximately 3 hours to get started on our project. Then, I drove home. Then, I ate, bathed, and made an online survey form for my transportation engineering project. Then, I decided to blog about my hectic day because I believe I deserve a medal.
I had a migraine all day and I even coughed up blood. So I'm the best teammate ever!! And I hope my efforts are rewarded with many survey responses in the future and less stress over stuff I have accomplished.
I hope I feel better soon! And I hope I can get everything done that I need to get done this weekend.
