Starting the Semester with Sniffles

I'm back from the annual meeting of the American Historical Association, where I was suiting up for a couple of days.  I saw many old friends and colleagues and met some new ones.  Luckily, I had the opportunity to meet up with the super smart and stylish Courtney of Sartorial Sidelines on Saturday afternoon.  We didn't snap any photos, but we did have a drink together and a chat about the awful academic job market, our research interests, Canada, and the possibilities of both an awesome blog collaboration and putting together an exciting conference panel some time in the future.  It was a great trip, but rather exhausting.  It seems that between all those conference sessions, all that catching up, a healthy dose of job market anxiety, and the travel I finally succumbed to the cold that M. had right after Christmas.  So I'm starting the semester off with a sore throat and stuffy nose. Yay...?

I had fully intended to go into campus today to do some work.  However, since I don't teach on Mondays this semester and since I'm feeling less than stellar, I decided to finalize my syllabi, prepare my first classes, and do some reading from home.  Before I made the decision not to go into my campus office, I was wearing a sweater dress I purchased at the end of last term to celebrate surviving the semester before I went on GAAD and Fluevog cowgirl boots that are good for stomping through shit snow.  Now I'm back in my pjs with cough drops, hot tea, and some journal articles to read.

 (Dress - Anthropologie, Cardigan - Target (remixed), Boots - John Fluevog (gift via Ebay and remixed), Tights - We Love Colors, Watch - New York & Co.)

Academics, have your terms started back up yet?  Does anyone else have a tendency to come down with a cold after traveling?