Am I? Am I Not?

Can't decide if I've caught Jim's cold or not. I woke up in the middle of the night with a sore throat and that's not gone away since I've gotten up. Add to that a runny nose and the feeling that I'm very nasally...things aren't looking good. Here's what I have to say about all this: At least it's happening now and not over spring break when I'm headed north to see Maggie. As long as I can get through today, the rest of the week is a cake walk (I'm giving a test in three of my classes today). I'll do a Navage before heading out and hope that it help stave off this possibly sickness or at least reduce it's length. Fingers crossed.

I had two meetings yesterday and they both went well. The first was actually a staff training called "Stop the Bleed". They are training us how to properly apply a tourniquet, pack a wound (bullet, knife etc.) and apply appropriate pressure to such wound. Scary that it's come to this, huh? The woman who trained us said that of the many kids who died in the Sandyhook shooting, several bled to death and had the staff known how to do some of the things above, it could have saved a lot of lives. Who knows if that's the case but I'm all for getting trained in anything that could someday save a life.

My other meeting was fine as well. It should have happened BEFORE this kid came into the classroom but guess what? You can't go back in time and no harm done. A lot of interesting info about this kid was told and I'll tell you, the brain is such a puzzle The parent said that even with the diagnoses they've had for this kid, there is still so much that is a huge question with him. Everyday, it seems something new comes out about how he deals with things or how his meds work or stop working. Must be so frustrating. They said that the med they've had him on recently has caused him to gain 30 pounds in 2 months. Ugh!

And that's about all I've got. Oh, did I mention that Jim's back on 2nd shift starting Thursday? Hopefully it will only be for two days but who knows.

Well, I'd best get a move on. Head to work and get my shit together. Happy Tuesday! Later!