This respiratory illness that has gripped me is still hanging on with a lot sneezing and coughing. I have used my neti-pot religiously and am constantly using cold meds to keep me working. I have moments of feeling better and then I'm back to being miserable occasionally. I think the big department move has lots of dust and stress in the air. We are packing all of our supplies onto wooden carts but still teaching students. It's chaotic but it's a group effort and constantly in flux; meaning dates move, plans change and nothings for sure. In someways it's better that way. We are just winging it. But the stress is taking its toll.
It's not just work, though. I have surgery scheduled for the summer, and I won't lie, I'm anxious. Jim is way too busy between his job and his army duties and his stress has a way of adding to my stress. Erika was surplussed at Memorial, which means she is looking for a teaching position for next year which makes me so sad but it does make it easier to retire next year if she's not there. She'll probably end up at a middle school as there are plenty of job postings at that level. It'll be good for her to have various teaching experiences, but that doesn't make it easy.
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