All drugged up and going nowhere

I have the cold, so this evening's run is off. I'm not at all thrilled to get it at the start of the term, but I guess that is what usually happens when I have a long break from work - that's when I'm at home most of the time, snacking, not eating properly or drinking enough water. It's been quite windy and rainy these past few days too, so that can't have helped either.

So today I made it to work, loaded with ibuprofen, and manage to get by on one tablet every four hours. My nose has run uncontrollably all day and has probably done the nasal equivalent of the New York Marathon. All I can say is, it's an interesting challenge, when you're accompanying someone on the piano, to time the sneezes or "blow-nose" moments in between the breaks in the music (or sections where you can play the parts for both hands with one) so the music continues to flow continuously. As most of my students are learning "Titanic" at the moment, today there was a lot of:

Every night in my dreams *ptttth!* *swipe*
I *atchoo!* you *sniff*
I *ptttttttttttth!* you
That is how I know you go *pttttttttttth!*
*swipe*

My snot will go on and on. Tomorrow, among others, we do the same thing with "Copacabana", "You are my Sunshine" and "Raindrops keep falling on my head". Should be fun. I hope not to rename the last to "Mucus keeps falling on the keys".