I was a Biology Sub today.  The teacher had me show “Battlefield Cell” to all five of his classes.  The movie is a bit theatrical and “dark,” over dramatizing a virus invasion.  The video had lots of detailed information to present in 45 minutes, but it could have been stated in five minutes or less, and without all the space-age computer graphics.  I was pretty much tired of the video after the third viewing.  At least the classes were pretty good, until the last period of the day – those guys were squirrely.

Funny, but on the fifth viewing about what is essentially a cold entering the nose (yes, really!), I began to not feel so well.  I felt a cold coming on.  Was this for real, or was I getting sympathetic symptoms because of the DVD?  No, it was for real.  When I got home, I ate a lot, and took all the appropriate cold medicines so I would make it through tonight’s class.  Those precautions worked; I got through class, though I did sort of fall asleep during one of the longer presentations.  I actually felt my head bob as I was dropping off to sleep!  Fortunately, the coffee kicked in soon after and I was attentive for the remainder of the class.