Average Jane at 4:00 a.m.

I wanted to make it to the polls as soon as they open, but this is ridiculous,

Yesterday I could tell I was coming down with something. I wasn’t surprised: I always spend the entire fall and winter mired in a series of colds, flu, bronchitis, tonsillitis and sometimes a bonus of pneumonia. This time around it’s a painful sore throat that’s resistant to all of the painkillers I have on hand. I can’t sleep, so here I am watching “Heavy Metal” on cable (my verdict: the animation looks pretty crude by today’s standards but the soundtrack is still good) and wondering if I should try to go back to bed and catch a few Zs before my alarm rings at 5:30.

I’m still planning to vote first thing in the morning, but I’m starting to doubt that I’ll accomplish anything else today. I guess we’ll see what happens once I get some Dayquil in my system.