It snowed this morning just enough to keep my spirits up for school today. I spent most of last night driving around from my school to Justin’s to the UW to Costco to Whole Foods to the UW to home. Most of that driving was so I could get lab materials for my bio class–onions, filters, distilled water, corn syrup, eggs, and vinegar. I was jealous of the people buying fruit snacks and interesting cereals in bulk.

First, I must say that I think that it’s odd that Costco does not sell corn syrup in bulk. It doesn’t sell corn syrup at all, in fact. No–I had to go to Whole Foods and spend $45 on corn syrup and water. They probably thought I was the craziest, least healthy woman among them. I thought it might be cheaper to boil down some Sprite than to drop that much money on the most ubiquitous substance in North American foods.

Second, I had to front the almost-$100 for my labs this month. The other $45 I submitted in receipts for reimbursement was from stamps I have used for attendance notifications, letters, and invitations to parents. At least I’ll get that back (hopefully).

Tonight consists of much bundling-up in preparation for this cold front that is coming, of grad school homework, and of laundry management. That means folding and ironing of laundry while watching some TV for an hour, I think.

Justin is doing OK–he just recouped from a nasty fever. We got home and he had a headache and body ache, as well as a 103.2F fever!! I gave him some NyQuil and Ibuprofen and he napped for almost 2 hours. Now he’s down to a 99.7F and feels almost clammy compared to before. Time to feed him dinner.