Oh la la...(that's how one would say "oh no!!") Well, this night officially stinks. I was supposed to go to Versailles tonight to hang out with my new friend, Michael, but through the words of advice from Virginie and my better judgement, had to cancel those plans and am staying home SICK tonight. I am really bummed, and I feel crappy. Headache, coughing, gross nose,and I almost feel a toothache coming on strangely enough, which would contribute to the headache I am sure. My body sort of feels flu-like, minus an obvious fever and the upset stomach. I suppose I just have a really bad cold that does not want to go away. Thankfully I have a doctor appointment tomorrow at 10am to fill a prescription, which means I can get some cold meds or antibiotics if this is a sinus infection. Wow, almost 2 weeks now...I didn't think I'd be spending my weekend sick in bed. I had the afternoon off as well today, but had to come straight to the studio, close the blinds and crawl into bed. I maybe slept an hour, but it's difficult to sleep....my head feels better when I'm in an upright position...laying down I can't breathe that well and my nose is more congested. Yeah....no sleep this week. Dammit. Due to all this I haven't been able to exercise this week, so I just feel like a chubby sick blob. Lol.
Work was work...had its good and bad moments this week. My patience gets tested often, but I know its just more difficult when I'm ill. Today actually I taught English to Tiphaine's class for 30 minutes! The teachers are looking for mothers to 'teach' English to the kids...so it looks as though I will go in each Friday morning to sing songs, play little games, read little books, etc. Her class are 4 and 5 year olds so it will be fairly simple concepts, vocab, etc..mainly an introduction to English...Tiphaine definitely knows the most English in her class. I might do the same for Ines' class as well. The girls are very proud of this. It was cute.
In other good news it looks as though I will be going to ITALY! My Delta Gamma sister, Stacey, is studying there this semester....and it is working out that Virginie will give me a week off from work while the kids have their Fall vacation. The family will go back to Pyla with some friends (where I spent the summer), and instead of me going along, Stacey is going to come to Paris for 3 days, and then I am going to Italy for 4 or 5 days! Yahoo!!! She's already booked her flight, and I will book mine this weekend I think. She lives in Torino (where they had the Olympics recently)...I'll stay at her apartment with she and her roommates, then we may be able to go to Venice for a day or two. I will fly into/out of Milan, and take the train to Torino. This is great, I didn't even ASK Virginie for time off work as I assumed I'd just go to Italy for a weekend....but she told me I didn't need to go to Pyla since she'll be on vacation as well. So I don't feel any pressure or anything...and so I may be having a 10 day vacation (and I DID tell her I'd still need free days when my family comes to visit, and that I didn't want to have this replace those days and she said no, not a problem). There are 2 very inexpensive airlines in Europe, so my flight should cost around 50 euro I think, roundtrip! I will also have to pay for a train ticket and shuttle as well, but all in all, it will be a reasonable price...and free lodging with Stacey!
My OTHER Delta Gamma sister from UCR, Courtney, is coming to see me in mid-December!! And we MAY be taking a weekend trip to Morocco, if we can stay at her mother's friends house! If not we may do a small Europe trip...so I am happy to be making a couple plans and to put on the calendar friend and family visits!
Okay, must lay down and rest my head.....pray I get better, I really don't feel well and this job is not condusive to 'sick days'........
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Hi Laura,
Sounds like you've been having a great time. You are so lucky to have such an awesome adventure like this one. I love your stories and pictures, it's like I'm standing right there with you. Thank you so much for sharing so much of this experience.
I just returned from vacation and the AIDS walk in Tacoma. Our team ended up surpassing our goal. We raised over $12,500 for PCAF. We were the team that raised the most so we got to wear great big gold stars on our shirts. They had posters set up along the walk with the history of AIDS from the first man diagnosed up to present with the number of AIDS diagnosed and number of people that have died by the year. It's so darn sad.
On a lighter note, we spent alot of time on their boat. It's big, like sleeps 6 with a galley, bathroom shower etc.... It was a blast!
On the patience issue, patience gets better with age. I, too, am a very impatient person, especially with children who through fits and just plain obnoxious. As time goes on it will improve. Carolyn needle pointed a sign for me several years ago that said "God, please grant me patience NOW(in great big letters)!" Isn't that funny. I think of that sign every time I'm impatient with whatever circumstances and it makes me laugh.
Get well sweetie.
Love,
Teresa
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