Meet M* and more

Only three more days of school with the kids and 4 more for me!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot express how excited I am. This is my first summer completely off in years. The kids are driving me crazy. I love them all but we all need a break. I'm very excited and have tons of plans. Most of which will probably not be accomplished for at least a week while I lay on my couch or any other comfortable place without guilt. Unfortunately, I won't get to go home much with the price of gas. However, I do plan to go home at some time to visit friends and family. Also, we have a new addition. M* as I will call her on here is seven and adorable. She is very nice and normally a good girl. She needed a home and we were lucky to get her. She's very good company when J is at work. Well, that's about all for now. I hope you are all well. Take care.

Update

Well, I guess now is as good a time as any for an update. First, as vgirl (forgot how to spell it sorry) has already let you know J and I hope to come into town at the end of March. We are still looking for exact times. Anyway, I hope to get to see you all. I've been working my way through my first year, it's still going pretty well. Although I finally hit the wall of no more good health. I had been so proud of staying pretty healthy, especially for a first year as the rumor is normally they are sick for the entire year. Anyway, a couple of weeks ago I was hit with a nasty flu bug and missed an entire four days of school. I was so upset. Then on Friday I had a really bad sore throat and was pretty sure I had strep, so to avoid the long unbearable weekend I went to the doc during lunch/prep. I told them that was where I was going and should be back for the last two periods. Of course that didn't happen as I did have strep and was informed I was not allowed to go back. I was contagious and could get the kids (and of course adults) sick. Well I'm sure it was probably one of them that gave it to me, but this is no time for revenge, lol. Anyway, so they had to scramble to find someone to watch my last two periods. I felt really bad about that, unfortunately I was not given a choice. So I didn't really get much sleep Thursday into Friday nor Friday into Saturday. By Saturday morning the little thing in the back of my throat that I normally call tonsils but if I remember correctly are actually not was three times its normal size. J called dad and the nurse for me to see what to do and they both said to breathe through my nose (as through my mouth was getting hard at this time) and if it didn't get better to go to the ER. Guess what! It got worse. By early afternoon it was the size of a marble and I was having problems breathing and couldn't even swallow my own saliva. (Gross sorry, I know.) Of course, I didn't want to go the ER and be the stupid lady that comes in for a sore throat. (cringe) Anyway, dad said it was for the best and I went. Of course, I got the looks of "we have a crazy lady coming to the ER with a sore throat" which weren't helped by the lady next to me who was coming in for a legitimate reason, chest pains. Ok, so I get in there, and finally someone looks at my throat (Did I mention I can't talk either?) That's when they went oh, it really is swollen. When the nice doctor came in he suggested numbing liquid, steroids and pain meds. FYI numbing liquid is not flavored, unless make you wanna gag is a flavor. Also, nurse lady he wanted me to have the numbing liquid so it would be easier to swallow the steroids, doesn't help much when you wait so long to give me the pills the numbness has gone away. Thanks for the waste of what I'm sure is ridiculously expensive make you wanna gag crap. Sorry for the long explanation. To try to end this quickly, I got more prescriptions on top of the antibiotics and we picked them and mashed potatoes up (for when I got better :) I hadn't eaten or drank in 24 hours). Being the baby that I was, I even had the pharmacy put grape flavor in my liquid lortab. Hey, no one said it's only for kids. Anyway, after I though I would die from taking the stuff, literally I started gagging gasping for air and panicking due to difficulty swallowing. Considering my tonsils (hanging thingy) were so big I felt I was ripping it off while trying to swallow it. Anyway, the meds helped tremendously. My neck, face and hanging thingy are not as swollen, still swollen, but not as bad. Within about an hour of liquid lortab I was finally able to eat and drink. I'm doing much better, but not liking this extra part of the job. (Being exposed to numerous germs.) Anyway, that is my horribly long confusing grammatically incorrect update. I hope you are all well. I miss you.

We Will Miss You

We will miss you grandpa. We all know you are in a better place and not in pain anymore. So here's to remembering the good old times. Remember when you would drive your old car in the parade? Remember the year that me and my sisters wore poodle skirts and threw candy? Remember when you would drive the restaurant float in the parade? You were always so proud looking then. Or when you would come into the restaurant and order fried chicken and french fries? I remember even when you used to still farm and you would come in all dirty after a long day in the field. You also used to get coleslaw, especially if it was fresh. And sometimes you would wash malt cups for us if it was busy. You never said anything bad to me about my dad, even though I know you were thinking it. I remember when we would come out to the farm and ride the three wheeler or walk through the sunflower fields. I also remember your shops on the farm. They were so big and I was always afraid the mice would come out. I remember snowmobiling at the farm too. I also remember riding the dune buggy and watching the farm dog run around. We all love and will miss you. We will remember all of our times with you.

Strange

Well, this week has certainly been anything but normal. I've been extremely exhausted, to the point of not remembering how I made it home and to bed the night before. I wake up realizing I have little recollection of the previous night and know that I was not drinking. The only thing I can come up with is that I'm fighting a bug. I hope this is the worst of fighting it as there is a nasty strand of the flu going around with 105 fevers and hospitalized people. I've had students out for days at a time. I'm hoping that I do not get it. I hate the thought of being sick. While I would like some time off, somehow the alternative to work doesn't seem inviting. And by the way badgergirl, I agree with the bad weather post. We had the same thing happen. Only, we did need at least a 2 hour delay the day of the "horrible horrible storm that will keep people trapped at home for fear of safety for the entire weekend", we did not even get that. Every school around had a delay or cancellation. Hundreds, literaly it looked like over a hundred listings online, of schools, except us. I can still not believe we went on time. In any case, one of my students ending up wrapping himself around a tree and one of our special ed buses was hit too. Way to make an executive decision huh? All the while, I have to tell the students that of course we should have had school today. There's no reason we should all still be snuggled up in our warm beds and not have to trek out in this rain/snow/sleet/slush crap to a school with half the students because half of them stayed up too late hoping for a snow day and when it didn't happen said screw it and didn't go anyway. (Note, if I were a student, I would have said kiss it and not come that day.) Anyway, I hope you are all doing well. I think I am done with my randomness for today. Sorry for the massive irregular sentences. Love you all.

OOPS I DID IT AGAIN (AND I'M NOT BRITNEY)

Everyone, I'm sorry I used real names as I didn't realize I shouldn't. Thank you to those who kindly told me. I have edited my posts. I hope this helps. As I said, this is all new to me. Love you all.

C

OOPS

Ok, I was just reading my last post and need to clarify something. J-Dog, I said I would like to visit you this summer and I'm sure half way through I would be complaining I'm bored. I meant half way through my summer break I would be complaining I'm bored and would love to come visit you in some of my "spare" time. Not that I would be bored visiting you. I read that and said woa! That can be interpreted wrong. That's all. :)

Hello Everyone

Thank you for adding me!!! Sorry you all thought I was spam. I'm trying to keep this general so I don't have to worry about kids. I want my own life! :) Thank you for the picture comment S, I was playing with the camera. Anyway, I hope you are all well. K, I love the pics of your new home. G, I'm not sure which of the pics is your new home, lol. :) Congrats on what I think is a new kitty S. I miss all of you!!!!!! Hey, J-dog, I just thought of something. Maybe sometime this summer I can come to Chicago and visit with you. I'm sure half way though I'll be complaining I'm bored. Anyway, I hope you are all well. Take care. (Oh and I know G already answered but it's Green Eggs and Ham.)