Sick

Well, when one gets very little sleep, gets up early, and runs all day, over and over again, . . . then one's body attacks back . . . and gets sick!!!

I've had little sleep for several weeks and it's gotten really bad the last week. I can't complain about the reason, but my body is definitely complaining. If you want to know why, you'll have to ask me.

Last night, as I seemed to get worse and worse through the day, I decided to try and get a sub. I put my name in the sub system. I decided that if I got a sub, I would stay home today. Of course, last night, I had free tickets to see the play Oklahoma. I had to go! How could I not go to a musical . . . and when I had free tickets at that! I was kind of "wilting" by the end. I got home late to discover I did get a sub. From that point, I had to write lesson plans and get everything arranged. I tell you, sometimes it's just plain easier to be at school sick than get everything ready. Especially at the beginning of the year and making the very first sub plans, it is a little rough. It definitely gets better as the year goes on. The schedule always changes from the year before, thus creating lots of work.

I didn't get to bed till almost 2am. Yuck!!! However, I could sleep in. My body is not sleeping in very well these days. It just wants to wake up about 7:30am. I made myself keep my eyes closed and try to sleep longer. I managed to stay in bed until 10am. Not bad. Just for that reason alone, it was worth it to take a sick day.

Now, did I lay around and gets lots of sleep. Certainly, no. I took some Claritin D, which did wonders, shall we say!!! Great stuff! Then I got the bug to clean and get rid of stuff and organize. I don't really have much time to do that, since I don't ever have a full day off, other than Sunday. Saturdays, I only have part of the day, since I serve in the Temple in the late afternoon/evening.

I got rid of all my master's stuff that I'd been keeping around. I realized I never go back and look at it. So . . .I tossed it. I went through boxes and tossed tons. I did some organizing and cleaning. I did some laundry and got it all washed AND put away!!! Yeah!!!!! I even got some pictures etc, up on the walls. (I've only lived here 1 1/2 years) I feel great! I also laid down for a little while. I don't know how much sleep I got, but I did do some resting. Now, the plan is to go to bed early tonight. The hard part about Claritin, is that I feel pretty good, but don't realize that I'm still sick, and can end up doing too much! I'm a fan of medication these days. I didn't always feel that way, but boy, it sure does make a difference!

I'm not so sure about going in to school tomorrow. I'm a little worried about what I'm going to find, both about the condition of my classroom, and the behavior of my students. They are quite the group this year. I pleased to say, though, that I'm starting to figure them out and get into the groove of things. I'm planning for a fabulous year, though it's going to be a growing one for sure for lots of reasons.

I can't complain about only having 3 days of school this week.