Sick

I knew I couldn't escape getting sick for long. There's been way too much going around school for me not to catch something. We've even had H1N1 (aka Swine Flu). I woke up Wednesday morning with the beginnings of a sore throat and by Thursday I was pretty sure I had a sinus infection. Luckily my health insurance began promptly on Thursday. I had training on Thursday so I didn't have any kids to deal with so I made it through the day. Friday came however and I didn't make it. I had some meetings that came up last minute Thursday afternoon so I went in, but as soon as those were over I told my principal at Longview I was going home. So I got some work together for one of my kids and headed home for the comfort of my bed. I ended up sleeping most of the afternoon after I called the doctor which was nice.

Today I did more sleeping while Chris went to his grandma's for lunch. Being sick had its merits though because then I wasn't so depressed about not being able to afford to go to the American Royal BBQ Competition. For those of you not from KC, the American Royal BBQ is also known as the World Series of BBQ, where people come from around the country to compete for who has the best BBQ. I heard that this year there were about 500 booths. That's a lot of BBQ. Next year, we are totally going.

Hopefully tomorrow I'll feel much better because I have to get my homework done that's due by midnight. I also have fallen way behind on my children's lit homework. There aren't due dates but since I have to finish by the end of the semester instead of the end of the year, I need to stay on top of things.

One thing I'm looking forward to at school is that I'm going to start working on listening and speaking skills with my student who signs. His parents want him to be more a part of the hearing world, so if I can at least give him some survival phrases to say, I'll be more than happy. I'm all for him keeping sign, but if he has a spoken component it will really help him with reading and writing. Right now, he needs a lot of assistance with writing because if he doesn't know how to spell something, either I or his interpreter has to spell it for him. If he knows the sounds of the words and the sounds of the letters, he can be a little more independent. Hopefully it goes well!