Flu

All of last week I had an annoying but on the whole bearable cold. Then Saturday evening I started feeling really nasty. I spent all day Sunday in bed, then Monday dragged myself to work. I only lasted two lessons before I had to go home. I didn't feel well in general, but my weakest part was my voice. It just packed it in and decided that it wasn't going to contribute any more.

On Tuesday I just stayed home. I thought that by Wednesday I'd be ok, but I wasn't really. Fortunately my kids weren't all that well either. Two of the four classes I was rostered to take were off sick. The teacher in charge of my roster looked at me and decided not to roster any new classes in to take their place. I taught the classes I was on for, and went back home again to sleep. Before I went though, I taught a double class of year 2s, which involved pretending to be energetic while dancing to Heads Shoulders Knees and Toes. My acting even fooled me for a while, but after that class was done, I was completely wrecked.

On Thursday I managed to last out three classes before I was sent home with a temperature (or fever, as they like to call it). This also involved 3 classes of year 3 at once, also doing Heads Shoulders Knees and Toes. At least this time I had a microphone.

On Friday, I actually lasted out a full day of six classes, although I made the homeroom teachers do most of the work. I had no choice, otherwise my voice would have carked it within an hour or two. I slept at my desk during lunch, and was still reeling with exhaustion by the time I got home.

I'm finally feeling like I'm getting over it, although my voice is worse than it was yesterday, no doubt due to overuse. With any luck, I might be able to go out a bit later this weekend and play with my new camera some more.