I am beyond miserable from my allergies. I have been really careful about wearing a mask outside, but the other day, when I got home from work, my husband was at my neighbors and called me over. I thought it was going to be quick, but we ended up standing there and talking for 20 minutes. The entire time I was cringing and wishing I had my mask. That's all it took. Hours later, I got all stuffed up and couldn't breathe through my nose. One of my eyes started tearing up, basically leaking and hasn't stopped. Then my asthma got triggered. Since then, in addition to my two oral allergy medications and inhaler that I use daily, I have needed Mucinex, Albuterol, and prescription eye drops to function. I can breathe through ONE nostril now, but I can't stop coughing, so my back and ribs ache. I feel dopey from the Mucinex and wired from Albuterol, so thank God for the 3 day weekend, because I could not teach like this. We didn't have plans, so it doesn't really matter. I just hate feeling this way. I hope the pollen finishes its job soon.
The one bright spot is that I don't really have an appetite right now, so instead of putting on holiday weekend weight, I lost a half a pound...surprising since I haven't really walked much in days. Usually it is the combination of eating right and lots of activity for me to move the scale in the right direction. It feels wonderful and very motivating to be back on track.
I guess between all of the drugs in my system and apparently beginning to worry about my new summer job, I had the most weird and annoying dream. I will be reporting to work at 7:30AM, and in my dream, I woke up for my first day at 7:15AM. I was freaking out. No time to eat, just get dressed and go knowing that I would still be late regardless. I got there and there were HUNDREDS of children of all ages, and I WAS IN CHARGE OF ENTERTAINING ALL OF THEM. I was the only adult, and I started teaching a silly kindergarten song which held nobody's attention including the young children. I was panicking and fortunately, I woke up. I think I'm nervous because I'm used to having full autonomy in my classroom. I'm the kindergarten team leader, and I am very comfortable with running the show. The director of this program has designed everything, and I'm not really excited about her ideas. I'm not expecting this to be easy for me, but I need the money, and I need to be out of my house doing something productive. So, I guess I have to be willing to be out of my comfort zone and do something new and different. At least it is just 7:30AM - 12:30PM rather than full time. I can still enjoy my summer. We shall see what happens...
kids that came had fun though 
