today is the birthday of two; my little nephew, p, and my friend dr. s. hope you both had a great day! i held my very first group class with my little violin students this morning. i'm still not feeling better, so i've spent the rest of the day trying to sleep & relax. a friend, p, came by and dropped off some homeopathic stuff for me to try: cold-fx. anyone heard of it? it has a lot of ginseng in it. i'll see what happens. most normal cold medicines i can't take, because the primary ingredient makes me jittery & high. i'm stuck suffering through ucky feelings, when most people can just take nyquil & sleep through everything. oh well. hopefully i'll wake up tomorrow feeling magically better. j is away for the weekend, climbing in leavenworth.