I started working at Megacorp and I quit swearing so much. I don’t know why, but I just did. But oddly enough, when they changed my job to do something very similar to Windows system administration (though it is only installation and setup) I went back to my system administrator vocabulary. I keep saying, “I need to watch myself,” and “I should calm down,” etc, but this is one of those situations where I’m already sensitized to the inherent climate and any little thing can set me off. It’s like allergies. There’s no way to make myself calm down because the other people are setting me off and I can’t change myself. Maybe I could get hypnotherapy, but I’d rather not.

So I thought I was getting better, but I think my allergies are triggering my coughing fits. It’s an “unproductive cough” meaning nothing is being coughed up as far as I can tell, but it’s also unproductive because I’m unable to do anything while I’m continually coughing. If this doesn’t go away, it really is doctor time. I need to see him about allergy medications anyway. It’s too nice out and I’m sure it’s getting to be time for the stupid plants to start having plant sex.