On Being...Mute

I am home sick again:( Laryngitis. It has been setting in since Tuesday, my first day back in the classroom. Tuesday and Wednesday of talking has made me nearly mute. And I have been told by everyone and know, resting my voice is the only remedy.

I'm an avid talker, so this will be a rough day. I was thinking earlier of my options; sleep and TV seemed my only options. I was wide awake early, so went to work to collect my iPad. The screen will be more useful to me to communicate. (If only Fionka could read!)

Hospital for the second time this week, a second doctors note for work, finding my insurance card at the pharmacy, and now I am back at home. I guess typing all day can keep me quiet, too:)

Oh, I wanna watch last night's debate! How do I sign off... :)

Sick days:)

Well, while I don't appreciate needing an official doctor's note if you are absent for a single day due to illness, I certainly do appreciate that the doctor I saw yesterday gave me 2 days off. Since I can picture the student who was in constant need of tissues last week, I am confident that I am ill because of at least one student. But the lack of toilet paper, hand soap, and paper towels in the student bathrooms just sends my mind down a deep spiral of disgust that isn't required now;)

Two days of rest following a dismal weekend of illness, it is just what I needed. Not that I am really ready to return. What will my classroom look like following my absence, since substitute teachers are a thing of America that I shouldn't even think of here. Will my room need another paint job? Probably not, but that could be wishful thinking!

I found a new hospital where those with appointments don't have to mingle with those without. A new hospital that is new and sparkly compared to the missionary derived one I visited last year. I don't care how awesome your new building is if it isn't finished. Sitting in squalor is not what I wish anyone to endure when ill.

Too bad I was really exhausted and ill these last two days. So much in my massive to-do pile and so much wasted time... Story of my life:)