Fadedwords

I finally had to give in, wave the white flag, and go to the doctor.  I made it through work yesterday just barely.  I realized, as I was laying on the floor in Bethany’s classroom during her planning period legitimately falling asleep with my head on a student’s backpack, that I needed to go and take care of myself.

It turns out that it’s a good thing I did.

The doctor said I had a sinus infection, an ear infection, and possibly strep throat.  He called today and told me that I do have strep.  He said that the medicine should be helping me to feel better, but that I will likely continue to be extremely tired. I’m so thankful for the cough medicine he gave me; it completely stops my cough and also has the added benefit of making me sleep like the dead.

I slept almost all day today, and I’m still tired.  I still have a fever, despite the medicine.  It was at 101 a little while ago.  I’ll wait until I get up in the morning to decide if I’m going to work or not.  I hate that I got so sick and have had to miss all this work.  Monday and Tuesday I had sick days to cover, but today is a lost day.  Tomorrow will be too unless I can manage to drag myself in.  I just have to realize that this is what my body needed right now.  Sometimes you have to listen to your body.

The black plague of death has descended upon me.  It started Saturday.  Sunday I was feeling so badly that I almost canceled my riding lesson.  I should have canceled the lesson, because after an hour of flailing about, I was completely wiped.

I stayed home from work yesterday, hoping a full day of rest would have me back on my feet.  I tossed and turned all night again last night, coughing and trying to breathe, and woke up this morning feeling worse than I did yesterday.  I slept all morning and am now watching my favorite sick day movie, ‘Hook’.

I feel dreadful.

It’s not often that jewelry strikes my fancy.  This can be proven by listing the jewelry I own:

-A silver claddagh ring
-A silver chain that holds a glass teardrop with a blue mushroom inside
-A diamond tennis bracelet that was a gift from my parents
-My high school class ring
-A necklace my friend Anita made me for Christmas two years ago

That’s about it.  So you’ll understand that I’m pretty picky about jewelry, and I don’t really get psyched about things too easily.  I found this on line today though:

I am in lurve.  If you click on the picture it will take you to the website.  They make it in silver and gold, but I’m partial to silver.  It’s so pretty.  Love love.

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I woke up this morning to a message with someone asking me if they could get this for me for my birthday!  I’m incredibly excited and feel so very lucky (haha) to have someone in my life that would be so kind and generous.

I got my hair cut and colored!

I’m really diggin’ it.