Oh boy, here comes cold and flu season...

It didn't turn out to be the kind of weekend that I was dreaming of last week. Not to feel sorry for myself, but I had a headache from late Friday afternoon to the present moment - Monday night. I have had a disgusting head cold that has put me in bed on one of the most beautiful weekends of the year, and I didn't get to go to the Rangers' home playoff game or to the State Fair - both of which I was really looking forward to. I was at home alone for most of the three days, just watching old TV shows and trying to breathe.

Ugh.

But on the bright side, I feel like I am on the upside of the cold and that maybe if I sleep well tonight, I will be fine to go back to school on Tuesday. Since this was a three day weekend, I didn't miss a day of school, and I always hate missing class, so that makes me happy.

I hope that I can get some of my lost energy back and get caught up on some printing that needs to be done, and I also hope that I can get back to counseling individual students on their college choices. I had gotten a majority of the seniors done, then I got so busy last week that I didn't get the rest of them finished. Maybe this week will be easier. We can hope!

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