X warned me to not kiss her while she had a cold, but I never listen. I couldn't resist. I kissed her. Now I have a cold.

I had symptoms the last two days and today it kicked in hard. Stuffy head, runny nose, yuck. I stayed home from workshop and I'm hoping these symptoms will be gone by Rockaway. It should. Ximena's cold lasted around five days. I blame this on RadCon. Conventions are always good for this sort of thing.

I have been sick a lot this winter. I'm usually much healthier than this.

But enough sick talk. I didn't hand in my story and it isn't done. Let's not fly off the handle, get down on myself, and repeat the same old patterns. Breathe. Deep breaths. Now look at the story. Answer the questions. This story isn't broken. We can rebuild it. We can whip it into shape.