Well, the Flu Vacation is going okay. This morning when I got out of bed, I wasn't so sure. It seems awfully silly to go to school to grade when I had all of my papers lined up on my table at home. And I knew, just knew, that Onda, our on campus coffee shop would be closed for the week.

So I decided I'd better set some standards by which to judge the flu vacation by.
<ol>
	<li>Don't get the flu.</li>
	<li>Set a reasonable amount of homework to grade or reviews to write and stick to it.</li>
	<li>Listen to good music while grading.</li>
	<li>Complain a suitable amount with colleagues about the unexpected holiday and the impact it will have on our future holidays. Which are for the record <em>actual</em> holidays.</li>
	<li>Leave work while it's still day light.</li>
</ol>
I am happy to report, so far so good.

Currently I am at home drinking a diet coke (well coke light) and writing this blog post. I don't think I have the flu. It's still daylight outside and I graded everything I needed to while listening to <a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/01/20/133026865/the-decemberists-the-king-is-dead-live-from-portland" target="_blank">The Decemberists</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/2010/12/29/132088913/dec-21-belle-and-sebastians-holiday-spectacular" target="_blank">Belle And Sebastian</a> and<a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/01/08/132443474/first-listen-live-iron-and-wine-introduces-kiss-each-other-clean" target="_blank"> Iron And Wine</a> all thanks to NPRmusic. I'd sort of forgotten how much I dig the Decemberists.

The downside of the flu vacation? Lunch at school was lack-luster.  There wasn't even a vegetarian option on the menu today. I had tomatoes stuffed with rice and some unknown ground meat.  Now I guess it's time for an after school snack.