August 2

I was not looking forward to going to school sick today. Mostly because my classmates all come from China, where sick people wear masks. Sitting in a packed lecture hall, coughing was bound to get dirty looks. My bus was late, as usual, then made a wrong turn and had to backtrack. I've never seen a bus driver actually go the wrong way! A little girl sat in front of me (not next to her parents) and got thrown to the other side of the bus during a turn. She kept holding a stick straight up and I was so afraid she was gonna fall again and poke her eye out! I coughed into my hands and the girl sitting 2 rows in front of me stood up and moved to the other side of the bus. Wow. My class is pretty basic and the professor is funny. So hopefully it'll be easy. Then I hurried home so that I could go with Michael and crew to lunch for Lina's birthday! Very nice of everyone to get together for the occasion. Then we did some grocery shopping while we had use of Michael's trunk. We rushed to make cupcakes before Jillian's class and gave Lina her birthday present - a cool purple lamp we had seen in Paddington. Studied/hung out/job searched for the rest of the evening. Hopefully my cold will get better soon, although it's starting to feel worse! =(