sick today, big day for summer research

I got sick over the weekend, but it's a bad day to be sick. I'm pretty frustrated at my doctor's office and I'm thinking about changing doctors, but that's a longer story than is worth getting into.

The bummer is that it's a terrible day to be sick. Day is the "opening ceremonies" so to speak for summer research at my university. There is a reception for all faculty and students that are doing official summer projects. Then, I've got meetings for the rest of the day with my research team. We are doing intense coding training today (and probably the rest of the week). I don't want to miss the reception (the on-campus catering place makes fantastic cookies), and I really can't missing the training. I'm taking a pocket full of cough drops and will wash my hands till the skin falls off, but I have to be there.