basal temp: 36.22
So, sorry I'll get the unpleasantness out of the way upfront (well, mostly) - my period started last night. GRRRRR!!! So Today was looking like it was going to be REALLY bad. I am in pain everyday of my period, but the first day is ESPECIALLY icky all around. I also, once again, woke up in the middle of deep sleep, before my alarm. It's funny. My new alarm has yet to wake me up. It just notices I'm awake and then goes off, as if to say, "Hey! That's my job!" This morning I woke up 25 minutes early. :/ Oh well. I took some tylenol and my temperature (so at least I remembered that). I then got ready and actually fairly quickly. I was motivated to have some time to get ready as another one of the reasons I went over my budget yesterday is I changed my breakfasts. Before I have had 1-2 hard boiled eggs plus 2 mini hotdogs or sausages. I recently added cheese to that mix but now I wanted something more. I got some lunch meat, and some English muffins. Breakfast used to cost me $4-$6 a week. Now it has gone up to about $12, but I am not having breakfast sandwiches. So this morning I toasted an English muffin (in my pan), scrambled an egg, browned the meat, and melted a piece of cheese on the eggs. It TOTALLY hit the spot. I'm excited to have breakfast sandwiches everyday from now on. As I mentioned before, it's more expensive and more work, but I feel much more pampered. It makes me feel like I'm taking care of myself much better. Plus I think it's a better mix of nutrition for breakfast.
I got out the door one minute early but realized at the bus stop that EVEN THOUGH I was ready with some extra time, I forgot my computer cord AGAIN. AARRGGHH! So that meant, once again, lugged in my heavy laptop with no way to actually make my worksheets. PLUS my phone was low on battery and I had expected to plug it in to use internet and that charges it as well. :/ Oh well! The bus ride there was .. hard. My morning was stressful and painful and my emotions were not good. When I got to the school the copy room was locked so I couldn't get into the meeting and I guess that was the last straw. I went into the female teacher's locker room and cried. :/ At least my breakfast was awesome! When I was finally able to get in, I started prepping for my lessons that day.
My first lesson was first period and it went well (thank goodness). I was in pain, but the students worked with me and seemed to really enjoy the lesson so yatta!
I then had another free period and finished getting ready for my lessons. As I was doing that, a girl approached me and said, "Will you do me a favor?" "Sure!" "Will you practice English with me?" "Of course!" She handed me a piece of paper with questions. I queried, "You would like me to ask you these questions?" "Yes." "Ima? (Now?) "At lunch! Yoroshiku onegai shimasu!" "Sure great! See you then." So yay! She may have been urged by a teacher, but she still approached me alone and asked to practice at lunch with me. Then I taught 3rd period. I looked at my schedule this morning and because of the Monday holiday, I only had ONE of my hard classes today. That class was third period. They actually were really good the first half, or I taught them well enough to keep their interest. As the end of the worksheet got hard (production), I lost them. :/ Still, it could have gone MUCH worse so I'm grateful. Right now it's worked out that I am doing thimbleful for all my first and second graders as the opening activity. This class was first graders and as we walked back, Hosokawa-s said to me (and this guy is 60-70), "That's the first time I have seen that game! It was very exciting!" Oh yay! It's like I made it up! LOL Though I didn't. But him having said that, I think that means that I'm the first NS (my title - Native Speaker) to play it here at MM.
After that class, I worked on some prep for Friday and then around 1210 (lunch is at 1230), I warmed up my lunch. I figured since I wasn't sure when that girl would come back, I should eat early so I would be ready for her. I did so - and me walking to the kitchen was just so pitiful. I was walking SO slowly. Every movement seemed to jar my body and cause immense pain. I decided the nurse MUST have some way she could help, so after I finished eating, I gingerly went down to her office (well after looking up the Japanese word for menstruation). When I got down there, I explained to her in Japanese (I think) that my period started and my pain was really bad. I asked her if she had some medicine. She pulled out some "Eve." I figured it was period specific with that name, and saw on the box (in Katakana) Ibipurofen. DAH! I double checked, asked her if it had ibuprofen, and she confirmed. I told her about my allergy. She told me that's all she had. ... So I took it. I was DESPERATE. I figured, since ibuprofen causes painful and severe cramping, that a 7-8 in cramps would be better than a 9-10. It was only 10-20 minutes after I took the pill that I thought.. "When your powers combine... OH NO!" Luckily the cramps didn't double. It took enough pain away that I was able to walk a little better. *sigh of relief --Oh and I think those happened in the opposite order sorry (pills then lunch). Anyway, also during lunch I worked on some more prep for CS and listened to students giving their English speeches to Hashimoto-s (who sits behind me) until that girl showed up. I asked her the questions and asked her if she was going to come back tomorrow. She said yes. :) I forgot to ask her name though. DOH! That didn't occur to me until maybe 15 minutes after she left. (My brain is always slower on my period. Seriously.)
I then had a class 5th period (right after lunch). I taught the same lesson that I taught 3rd period (so first graders again). There was one funny moment. They were learning how to offer their friend food and I pretended to be myself and Limor. Well, "Limor" offered me coffee or tea. Without even processing (period brain strikes again), I answered, "Coffee. NO WAIT! I don't like coffee!" The whole class BUSTED UP. They started yelling it too. "No wait! I don't like coffee!" In their defense, there was panic in my voice. It was a weird moment. I'm SO GLAD they laughed. I got a laugh out of it too.
Next I taught 6th period (same lesson as 1st period - second graders). On the way to the class a girl asked my name and I asked hers. Turns out she's in 2.2. That's the one class I haven't seen yet in the school. I told her, "Oh! I'm teaching you tomorrow!" She was SO EXCITED! That made me really happy. :) Now I'm even more excited to meet that class tomorrow. I do miss my third graders though (especially four of the classes). Anyway, that lesson went well as well. Yay! :D
After that, I worked on more prep for Friday and helped with cleaning time when the time came. Even though it's Wednesday, we didn't have the usual extended cleaning time. I was going to ask about vacuuming but then I didn't as I was in pain and I thought, "Oh well. Now I can go and sit back down." I feel slightly guilty about that, but in a backwards way I'm taking care of myself. Any other week and I would have mentioned it. :/
The ride home was stressful. I got home, left my laptop, grabbed a peach and strawberry jelly and left to go teach English. When I got there, another girl was teaching the first half hour. Sheesh! Not my fault my bus gets back so late. :/ So I had to wait. Then I taught for a half hour. I figured I would get $5 and was resigned to that and it would be $5 I didn't have before. Well, I got $20! YATTA! That's what I was HOPING I would get for an hour. I guess they didn't pay me for that girl not showing up before (for her French class). Wonder how much I would have made if I taught all three. They asked me to teach another class in October too. YAY. :) So ya, that was my night. I got home, I wasted time doing I don't know what! It was 20h00 5 minutes ago I swear! I'm not even ready for bed yet! (Well I put my laundry away, I remember that. And thank goodness.) Today was really painful and depressing for me. I'm glad my classes went well but as soon as I didn't have to be "on," gloom just dropped on me like a giant weight. :/ Hope you are all having a better day/night. XOXO, A
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| Stop waking up during deep sleep body!! Especially when there's still time before the alarm goes off! GRR! |
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