WNBP With A Side Of Antibacterial Handsoap

The histamine reactions kick in with regularity over here.  Sometimes I feel almost human.  Then I start sneezing and it all just goes downhill.  My eyes swelled up about half an hour ago thanks to a particularly nasty flare up of this thing so innocently dubbed, "The Common Cold."  I tell you, if it weren't time for The Wednesday Night Bullet Post, I fear I would not be able to proceed.  There is no way I could produce a coherent paragraph.

But it is Wednesday.  So I don't have to.  I'll just stuff a tissue up my ever-dripping right nostril and go for the highlights.  And yes.  I meant for that visual to hit you right between the eyes.  I am miserable and see no need for anyone else to be happy at this point...

*That's not true.  I don't want you to be miserable.  Now I feel badly.  Just stop thinking about me with a tissue up my nose.  I didn't mean that...

*My entire teaching day was punctuated with very mature phrases.  I really do think I rose above my infirmity and took the high road.

*During Math Class:  "You guys all hate me, don't you?  You planned this.  You all sat around for days and days plotting against me with your germ warfare tactics.  You are evil, vicious little teenagers!"

*During Language Arts Class:  "The world does TOO revolve around me!  I am sick!  So it revolves around me even more than it did before!!!"

*During Science Class:  Oh, great!  Now I have a nosebleed!  Way to go, you little plague-carriers!  You aren't satisfied with infecting me.  Now you want me to bleed to death right here in the middle of the classroom!"

*Still During Science Class:  "I am so totally NOT being overly dramatic!"

*Not my most witty banter today.  

*Actually, that prize goes to the kid who said, "You know, for a therapist, you sure do seem to need some counseling..."

*In point of fact, I am not a therapist.  I opted to not do the clinical portion of my degree.  

*I did not tell him this, though.  

*Too busy being horrified by his insight.

*I need to wind another skein of yarn before I can continue with "the dishcloth" (with sleeves).  

*I can't seem to bring myself to do that.  I am too busy sneezing and informing the entire world of their responsibilities regarding my attentional needs.

*Plus I can't open my eyes right now.  

*Maybe I'll work on the sock...

*We had an outside entity come in and do achievement testing with random 8th graders today to assess student progress.

*This is important and the results will determine our school's overall performance rating.

*I spoke with at least 5 kids who informed me that they thought the test was stupid and that they just colored in bubbles.

*I pulled the tissue from my right nostril long enough to tell them that they might want to remember this conversation the next time the legislature was debating extending the school year due to low test scores.

*When you are sick, you should wash your hands.  You should do this a lot.

*But I can't use my bathroom sink.

The drain seems to be blocked.

I'll give it some time to clear itself and then I'm getting the plunger.  

I gotta go.  I need a new tissue.  I should probably also check the sink and see if I am allowed to use it yet.  I haven't washed my hands in a while and have probably left germy ookiness all over the manse.  Hope that your Wednesday has treated you well and that you have spent less time trying to breathe freely or pry your eyeballs open than I.  

And we are also hoping that the next post finds your faithful Sheep a little less on the whiny side...

SA