Sick
Workday - 8:15am-5:00pm
I hate being sick and going to work. However, I feel too guilty to take days off (especially more than one day). I used to try my best to be "on", even though it took all my energy. Now I try to rely on students' sympathy to get away with doing less. Unfortunately, not all students are very sympathetic. I try to tell my classes I can't talk over them because I have no voice, and they forget by the end of the next sentence.
Despite how I feel, I made it to both choir practices tonight. I ran my full half ("full half"? I know, it sounds like an oxymoron) of concert choir, followed by a shortened jazz choir rehearsal. Hey, I'm not superwoman. I got almost a half hour of jazz choir in, too (when I told them it'd be 20 minutes, tops). I'm just happy to have been productive.
Tomorrow I'll be less productive. I'm definitely going to leave as soon as fourth period is over. Thursday is parent interview night, so it's going to be a long day. I have to take the time off wherever I can.
Shall we take bets on whether I make it through the week? How about bets on precisely when I'll lose my voice completely? I came pretty close today by about 4:30pm. We shall see.
I hate being sick and going to work. However, I feel too guilty to take days off (especially more than one day). I used to try my best to be "on", even though it took all my energy. Now I try to rely on students' sympathy to get away with doing less. Unfortunately, not all students are very sympathetic. I try to tell my classes I can't talk over them because I have no voice, and they forget by the end of the next sentence.
Despite how I feel, I made it to both choir practices tonight. I ran my full half ("full half"? I know, it sounds like an oxymoron) of concert choir, followed by a shortened jazz choir rehearsal. Hey, I'm not superwoman. I got almost a half hour of jazz choir in, too (when I told them it'd be 20 minutes, tops). I'm just happy to have been productive.
Tomorrow I'll be less productive. I'm definitely going to leave as soon as fourth period is over. Thursday is parent interview night, so it's going to be a long day. I have to take the time off wherever I can.
Shall we take bets on whether I make it through the week? How about bets on precisely when I'll lose my voice completely? I came pretty close today by about 4:30pm. We shall see.
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