PollyannaMom
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I can take the week of the 30thWeekly hosts:
September 2nd: @PollyannaMom
September 9th: @PAsFab5
September 16th: @newski_mom
September 23rd:
September 30th:
I can take the week of the 30thWeekly hosts:
September 2nd: @PollyannaMom
September 9th: @PAsFab5
September 16th: @newski_mom
September 23rd:
September 30th:
Take all the time you need! I have been thinking about you!! I hope you feel better!! Hugs!!Hello everyone. I have not had a moment to myself. The last four weeks since school started have been incredibly stressful. I am dealing with major personal and professional issues which include me marching in a protest with other teachers, something I never expected to have to do. I cannot go into details.
The positives in the midst of the struggle is that I only have 18 students because the age to begin kindergarten changed. It’s a good thing because out of those 18, I have 4 with special needs and 7 major behavioral issues. I was observed yesterday by the Executive Director of School Leadership and was appointed as the Kindergarten Exemplar for the district. I was flattered for about two minutes until I realized that I will be observed more than any other kindergarten teacher in the city and will be filmed. So much for staying under the radar.
Finally, I will do some kindergarten math for you:
6 sneezing students + 4 high stress weeks = 1 very sick kindergarten teacher.
I am down for the count.
I am not volunteering to host until mid-October when hopefully things calm down. I really want to do my part in this wonderful group of supportive friends, but I can’t take anything else on. I hope that you all understand.
I am so sorry you cannot catch a break!!!! I hope this weekend brings rest and recovery for all of youWe can't catch a break in this house. The pediatrician does agree with me that they tested DD too late to get a positive whooping cough test and that this is most likely what she has. Which in turns mean this is what I have but it is too late to test me as well. I really wish they told me that you can have false negative tests. I would have made sure they tested me. On top of this it looks like DD has picked up a cold too. She is congested and her cough is getting bad again. Good news it is not COVID. She said there was a kid in her 1 and only high school class that came to school with COVID. So as of right now we are spared from that.
DS got a low grade fever Wednesday night with a headache and sore throat. He was pretty good all day yesterday until last night when he spiked to 102.8. He has a little bit of congestion but mainly complaining of a sore throat and headache. He has a tendency to spike a fever fast and to get really high. He has had 105 fevers before. So I was up most of last night checking on him to make sure the Advil worked and that after it wore off that he didn't spike again. He is on his way to the doctors now to get tested for whooping cough and hopefully strep. I am sure they will do a COVID test too. I am hoping it is just strep. He hasn't really been home much so I really think he got this at school and not from DD and I.
For me I was up all night. I was either checking on DS, coughing or talking with DD who had to be at school at 430 this morning because the band, football team and cheerleaders were on the morning news starting at 5. I think I got about 2-3 hours of broken sleep. I was going to go to the football game tonight but we will see how tired I am. Tomorrow is the band festival and I will go to that unless DD gets worse and doesn't go (it really seems like a mild cold but just aggravating the whooping cough more then anything). Other then that I am hanging out at home.
The weather has been really nice here and we have been able to have our windows open most of the day to air out the house. A few times we have but the AC in the afternoon for a few hours because that is when it gets uncomfortable. Then we open the windows again at night. DH has also been Lysoling everything constantly. We are really trying to not spread this any more.
Ohhhhh noooo!!! I am so sorry!!! Praying for rest and recovery for you this weekend too!!I too was up most of the night with a sore throat and have had a headache and congestion for several days. Tested for covid again and it is still negative, but that is sure what it feels like. So, I'm canceling everything I had planned: a haircut, a crochet class and my vaccine appointment because they specifically ask: "are you feeling ill". Dang it, I haven't had strong reactions to the other vaccines but don't want to get this one too close to when I leave and have this be the time I react.
So, the weekend will be spent isolating and getting the house ready for me to be gone. Woohoo!
We're invited to a "white party" on Saturday - which I'm told is supposed to be one last chance to wear your summer outfits (even though this one is technically after Labor Day) before switching to fall colors.What are everyone’s plans for the weekend??