Good intentions

I always have the best of intentions to stay on top of my studies while still being able to work full-time and I've been doing pretty well but this week I am struggling so am falling behind already.  I've come down with some cold/flu type thing which seems to be going around the office so since Sunday I've been feeling really flat.  I've had today and yesterday off work which means whole days where I could be getting ahead in my readings or assignments but I just can't concentrate, so I'm moving between the PC, the recliner and the couch at the moment and accomplishing very little.

One of the subjects I'm doing this semester is Writing and Reading Short Fiction and I truly don't think I belong in that class.  The other people read their work and they're so creative, and my own writing seems so crap in comparison, truly.  Our first assignment is due this Friday and we had to rewrite a fairytale, for an adult audience but being careful not to make it a new fairytale in the process.  I've been sitting on around 450 words since last Thursday and I just don't know where to go with it.  I don't even know what to call it.  I actually think this introductory assignment is harder than coming up with our own story off the top of our head.  It's hard when you've wanted to be a writer your whole life and then feel like you're failing at it.