ill again

i have managed to develop some strange illness. i cough, i sneeze, my throat is inflamed.
after a few days of this i decided to check out my company provided health care plan and go to the doctor. somewhat to my surprise, the clinic where i am registered is really nice. the toilets even had toilet paper (amazing!) and it seemed clean. i saw a few specialists and was given and inhaler to walk around with and breathe from for 5 days. strangely, that seems to have taken care of the swelling and infection in my throat, but my cough is worse. hmmm. the doctor recommended i stay in bed for 3 days, but i can imagine my boss's (negative) reaction to that, and went to work anyway. this weekend however, i will sleep like a corpse.
i finnally finished watching the new russian version of doctor zhivago. it is uncomparably better than the hollywood rendition, and i recomend it to all of you who understand russian. oleg menshikov is great as zhivago (and he looks good to!) the only thing is the film is apporoximately 8 hours long. yes thats right EIGHT. so i saw it is an illness induced long-term project, and watched and about 2 hours a night for 4 nights....