It’s Friday, March 16, 2007 at 3:31 p.m. CST.

• I have a serious chest cold – and it’s getting worse by the minute. Life, at this very moment, is quite miserable.

It’s now 3:32 p.m. Welcome to one minute of my personal sick life. 1 1/2 hours to go before I can go home and gasp for air in my bed.