chochiyo_sama | I stayed home today--

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.

I stayed home today--

You poor thing.