I stayed home today--

[chochiyo_sama]

I got up, took a bath, and got dressed.  I still felt a little punk, but better than last night.  Susan called and asked if I was going.  I said I was because I didn't trust the kids (especially the seniors) to WORK.  She said Jay could go in there and crack the whip, but I said poor Jay has had enough stress the last few days.  So, I went downstairs and ate a piece of bread so  that my meds would digest.  Well, the bread seemed to stick half way down my throat.  i could breath--it wasn't blocking the airway--but it was stuck.  i took a drink of water, and it hurt like hell and did not push the bread down.  It hurt really bad--the water sort of oozed around the bread but the bread remained lodged there.  I hiccuped a few times, then I started throwing up.  Ugh.

So, I called Susan and told her I figured I better stay home.  She agreed.  She stopped and picked up the movies I borrowed from kim to show my writing skills kids.

I went back upstairs and slept till noon after calling in and sending an email to Tracy telling her what to do about my classes.

I left channel ten (KTTC) and saw that a lot of schools were closing. 

Austin, Blooming Prairie, Byron, Caledonia, Chatfield, Dover-Eyota, Fillmore Central, Goodhue, Grand Meadow, hayfield, Houston, Howard-Winneshiek, Kasson-Mantorville, Kenyon-Wanamingo, Kingsland, Lanesboro, Leroy-Ostrander, Lewiston-Altura, Lyle, Mabel-Canton, NICC Calmar, nicc Cresco Center, Pine Island, Plainview-Elgin-Millville, RCTC, Riceville (IA), Riverland Community College, ROC, Rushford-Peterson, Southland, Spring Grove, St. Charles, Stewartville, Studio Academy, Triton, Wabasha-Kellogg, Winona, and Zumbrota Mazeppa.

ROC closed at 9:30--so I should have just gone.  i didn't throw up any more after that time in the morning.  I also hadn't eaten anything until just now (about 4:30).  I've heated up a can of chicken noodle soup.  My stomach still hurts and my back aches.  My heart is doing that little flippity flippity thing it does when i have an anxiety attack.  I don't see why I'd be having an anxiety attack, but nothing  really makes much sense.

i came downstairs and watched a couple episodes of the Outer Limits.  i talked to my mom on the phone.  She told me that Owatonna had also closed, though it didn't appear on the KROC website.   NRHEG also closed at 10 am.  i saw  that on TV.  it isn't on the kROC website at all.   I then decided i would attempt to do a little laundry.  The second load is washing and the first is drying at the moment.  i don't know if I can make another trip down the basement steps tonight or not.

My stomach is cramping up and feels horrible, but it isn't rejecting the soup--yet.  I suspect that i am going to go to bed very early tonight.  again.  I am going to just sit here for a while and let this soup settle.  Then I will take my meds and maybe have some juice.  after that, I will probably carry the clean laundry upstairs and put it away and just read or sew or crochet in bed for a little while.  I HAVE to go to school tomorrow because the senior sem kids start their presentations tomorrow. 

I hope this sickness doesn't last too long.