The Korean Flu

So, Thursday night rolled around and I noticed that I was extremely tired and my body hurt. I assumed this was due to the stress from my job. Boy was I wrong. The next morning (after not sleeping very well) I woke up and wondered why I was dizzy, freezing, and in pain. I figured this was some freaky cold so I popped two DayQuils and headed to school. On the way to school I got progressively worse. By the time I arrived at the school I thought I was going to faint so I sat at my desk and turned on the heater. I couldn't get my body warm enough and my head felt like it was going to explode.

Ruby sashayed her way into the school hours after we had gotten there. She asked me what was wrong and I told her that I felt very sick. She grunted (as usual) and said "oh, that's too bad. I was overcome with the feeling of punching her in the face. I supressed it (as always). I had such little energy that I had to teach from my desk. This meant no hand gestures or joking during class. My students were not thrilled to say the least but at least I managed not to pass out. At the end of my class which went on for two hours straight I was relieved to know that all I had to do now was post some questions for the homework online and then go home. At this point I was hanging on by a thread.

Ruby then comes into my empty classroom and says "Ooh Jennifer I know you are sick but can you teach one more class?". Let's see...Hmm...No I couldn't but we both knew that she wasn't asking me. She was telling me that I had another class. At this point I had already taught 5 hours straight with no break times. As soon as my student sat down Ruby tells me that I had to "entertain this student for 15 minutes because the other girl wasn't here yet". When I was told this I just took a deep breath and turned toward the board to write my name. As I was writing my name my eyes started to tear up and all I wanted to do was cry my eyes out. To be honest what I wanted was my mother to comfort me and pat my back, my dogs around me, and a big bowl of chicken noodle soup. Since I had none of the above I decided to get a grip and handle this class. The problem was that my body wasn't having that. I swear that I was dizzy and and in a ton of pain. Ruby then said if she wanted Erin to give half the class since I was so sick. I replied that I did. Erin came in and took care of the rest of the class (God bless her). I then had time to post questions for all my classes which meant that I was gonna get home before passing out.

I hate Ruby. Friday sucked. I am looking forward to recuperating after a horrible horrible day. Oh and by the way I have the flu.