This has been a long week. It’s been busy at work and dealing with the mystery illness has been no fun. It’s amazing how mentally distracting it is when you think a kidney is failing.

I’ve been thinking about a few things as I’ve tried to take my mind off the failing kidney. There are the school shootings and the Mark Foley/Dennis Hastert fiasco. Also teaching. I think I feel a poll coming on.

P.S. My kidney isn’t failing. So far, there seems to be nothing life-threatening. Meanwhile, I’m taking mass amounts of motrin.