Guilty as Charged....................

Treadmills

I have been home sick since last Wednesday! This isn't so bad, BUT, I am an elementary school teacher. I HATE being away from my classroom. It seems like I have had more illness this year than any other year in my 19 yrs. of teaching. All I can think of is my poor little babies at school doing some dull project that would be easy for the sub.....or watching another video! I hate being away!!!!! I tend to be a perfectionist in most everything I do and this doesn't fit into my plan:) I have really special projects for my kids to do and being away for an entire week eats into my curriculum something fierce!
Let me confess.......before you lose interest. After being home in a prone position for two days (Thurs. and Friday) I was feeling better. When Sat. arrived I asked my hubby if he was going to get the leaves out of the front yard. Let me mention that this was about the 5th time I had asked him.....and I kept getting the same response. "I will do it on the week-end". Well, we live in a subdivision where everyone takes pride in their homes and yards. When we first moved in we planted 27 trees! That was the influence of our former home life in Webster Groves, Tree City USA. We not only planted many trees, but planted fast growing trees to create the effect of age and time around our dwelling. I LOVE IT! The problem with this is that no one else in the entire neighborhood has the amount of leaves that we have. Having grown for 9 yrs. these trees create a huge amount of leaves and litter when Fall comes!
O.K. back to the confession............spurred on with adrenalin and a little anger I thought I would coax him out into the front yard by starting the job myself. It was cold (38 degrees) and very windy.....but the leaves were wet and killing the grass that we had spent so much time pampering! With my feathers in an uproar, I started raking. The more time that passed the more determined I was to complete the job.......it became obvious at the halfway point that I was not going to get any help with this undertaking. Now, the fire in my belly burned stronger than ever. I KNEW this was not good. Here I was racing through this job in nothing but a cotton shirt with a little vest over the top! I felt terrible, but was driven like a wild bull.........well, needless to say I didn't do myself any favors. That night I started getting sicker and chills set in along with fever and headache again. Sure enough.......I was REALLY SICK AGAIN and couldn't get much out of my throat but a croak or two! OMG......I couldn't go to work sick as a dog.........(not again) GUILT,GUILT, Golden Edged GUILT set in........what have I done....my poor kids....my reputation....my curriculum.....Why did I have to do this??????
Well, that is my true confession and I feel terrible about it! Thanks for lending my your ear....
Postscript: the yard does look wonderful and I have a sinus infection and bronchitis!!!! Serves me right wouldn't you say............................