Pepto-Bismol vs. Imodium A-D

Well, if I can't put pictures of the toilet, I might as well put pictures of the gross medicines I have taken the past two days. By the way, Imodium wins hands down for curing diarrhea, if anyone cares to know. Sorry if that is too much information(TMI). I never thought I would actually write the word diarrhea on my blog. Interesting.

I woke up this morning thinking that I would make it to work. Yeah, I thought that for about two minutes before going to the bathroom and then deciding to quickly write sub plans, request a sub, and call my principal. She has been a trooper through this whole ordeal. Today she just answered and said: "Oh No!" I told her that is exactly what I thought when I had woken up! So, it was another day of laying on the futon and another trip to Smith's to get the Imodium. I had the Pepto yesterday but it didn't do much. One dose in of Imodium and I am good to go. Hopefully, this stays that way. I really am hating not being at school and that seems a bit weird coming for the girl who after Freshmen Orientation commented: "Only 179 more days!" It is really frustrating to know my kids are there and I am not. It is hard to explain. The first days are pretty important even though I kinda find them as pointless as the last few days. During these times, not much goes on at school. The first days of school are filled with "fluff" as Educators may call it. Basically, it is a lot of getting to know you type stuff. The last days are full of fill the time while kids are extremely antsy stuff.

I am having a hard time not being there and seeing what my classes are like. It is very weird to plan for a sub when really you don't know what each class chemistry is like. Who knows who the trouble maker will be and who knows what students will be helpful? I couldn't even write that down for my subs the past two days. Weird.

Maybe I was supposed to learn something from this mystery illness. Maybe I am supposed to fast the day before school. Or maybe I need to be more excited and thankful for the start of school. Who knows? I do know that when I do go to work tomorrow, I will be excited to not have to sit at home feeling nervous and weird. At least I was able to figure out which antidiarrheal works best!

Sick, Sick, Sick!!!

I thought about putting a picture of my toilet on this post because in the last twelve hours I have spent about five hours on the toilet, but I thought a picture of my toilet would be a little over the top! I do not know if this is food poisoning of just a thirty-one year cleansing, but it is bad. I keep thinking: "Why couldn't this have happened last week?" because today is the first day of school with all students. Yesterday, we had Freshmen for Orientation. So, I had to call my principal at six-thirty this morning and also get a sub. I also had to email sub plans to my friend, Janette(thanks for it) in order to be prepared today. I really feel like an idiot, but, as my principal said this morning,: "You can't control these things."

So, I have been sleeping on my couch since seven this morning with little breaks from sleeping to watch Olympics or hit the bathroom. I really thought my sickness would pass, but it still rolls on. I need to get some Seven-Up and maybe Imodium soon but I keep worrying that I would be in the middle of the store and have a bathroom call. Malo. I have not been this sick, hmmm, ever.

I had a dream this morning about Angela Kingsley from The Office. Yeah, for some reason she lived in a barn with her parents and I was visiting her there. I was put to work "shoveling" the driveway in the middle of summer, which consisted of moving mud around. I basically was concerned about my new little brown shoes but her very kind dad hooked me up with some boots. Where do these random dreams come from? The other night, I had a dream about a friend's brother and how attracted I was to him. It was weird because I really have never been interested in him. I also, during the dream, had a warrant out on my about somebody's untimely death. What was that all about?

Well, I am off to more couch laying and Olympic watching and hoping I will be able to work tomorrow. I don't think I have ever hoped for that..hehe. Cheers!

New Curtains, New School Year!

My mom made the wonderful curtains for my house. She is amazing. The curtains were in the clinic she works at and a few weeks ago they were not pretty. They were white with splashes of pink, blue and green. They were weird looking. My mom thought they had lots of possibility; I doubted the possibility. She dyed them in the wash machine. They are so cool. The ones in the kitchen almost look like a lava lamp during the day when the sun comes through them. The ones in the living room can make my front room dark in the middle of the day. It keeps the place a little cooler on hot days(don't worry mom, I open them sometimes too!)

Tomorrow is the first day of school. It is Freshmen Orientation. No biggie. Tuesday is real kids. It is weird. I can't believe it is time already to be back. I guess it is starting whether I am ready or not.

I must now go watch the olympics again. So much to watch so little time.

Have a great night and a wonderful Monday! :)

Saturday IS a Special Day!

Hi. Yesterday was eventful. We had a bbq for school. I had a great steak! Yum. I love potlucks with my co-workers and their families. We did some Rocky Mountain Circle Dancing. It was a blast to see all the little kids dance. I introduced myself like this: "Hi, I am Alice and I like mics. I teach Health and PE. My boyfriend, Michael (little pause), could not make it tonight because he is swimming in The Olympics!" It was funny.

After the bbq, Janette, MB and I watched The Olympics. My boyfriend got his 7th gold medal tying Mark Spitz's record. Awesome.

I really like my new house. Hopefully by tonight I will have my new curtains hung. I got the box from my mom yesterday at work. Thanks for that Mom!

I cannot believe it is now the last weekend before school starts. That is just weird.

I did something pretty big today at school. I had pictures of Brett Farve on my wall in my Health Classroom. I tore them off and crumpled them up. I think I am pretty much a Packer fan. Brett Farve is not a Packer, therefore, I have forgotten who he is...kinda! What a big step!

Golden Times!

My new hero of the Bejing Games is Nastia Liukin, who is now the Olympic Champion of All-Around Women's Gymnastics.  I was in awe at the performance Nastia had last night.  AMAZING.  I was also so touched as she got emotional as The National Anthem played while she was awarded the Gold Medal!  The Olympics seriously contain an awesome spirit.  I was also very excited that the Chinese were unable to sweep gymnastic gold medals!  I am not biased or anything; GO USA!  My life has pretty much been consumed by The Olympics lately.  I keep thinking I don't really have much to write because I spend about 5 hours a day in front of my TV!

Here is where I got the pics:  http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/artisticgymnastics/n214544366.shtml

Last night was my first softball game since getting back.  I like my team.  We played really well but were unable to maintain the lead!  Funny thing is that I really don't even know what the score was because I just didn't care last night.  I just love playing.  I like that, as I get older, the more it is just about playing and less about winning.  

It is the Friday before the first week of school.  You think I would be more nervous.  I am not.  I just want to get started so we can be done with this whole transition thing. I am just ready to be off and going! :)  It was nice to see students at registration.  It seems to make things real and manageable!

Well, off to finish some things to present at a meeting later today! Thrilling!