Alas, the dip in energy and mood that I experienced yesterday evening — and which I interpreted as a mild case of the blues — turned out to be the symptoms of an incipient illness. I was up late last night with a dry cough and this morning I was all achy and tired — but mostly cranky about this interruption to my ambitious GSDW plans. The crankiness morphed over the course of the day into free-floating anger — which turned out to be a good motivation for dragging my carcass off the couch and not letting the day slip away altogether.

Here’s what I managed to get done, between naps, glasses of Emergen-C, gargling with Dr. Gould’s Gargle, and catching up on the final episodes of “Dollhouse.”

1. Took the dog to the vet for shots, etc.
2. Cleaned closet, incl. sorting through clothes that need to go to Goodwill
3. Washed dog’s bedding
4. Started working on cleaning antique family quilt that was the target for some explosive cat vomit
5. Remade guest bed — which is more complicated than it sounds due to vomit incident mentioned above
6. Coupla loads of laundry