To Go Or Not To Go, That Is The Question
So, Friday morning I woke up and my throat was kinda sore. I immediately thought it could mean any number of things: my allergies were acting up, I was getting a cold, or my personal favorite, I was yelling too much at the kids.
By Saturday morning, however, my throat hurt even more, but there was still no sign of a cold. Yet by Saturday afternoon, it hurt to stand up, walk, breathe, blink...you get the idea.
I was already at the store when these new symptoms kicked in, so I picked up some cold/flu stuff because now I'm wondering, what if it is the flu? All day yesterday I was freezing even with 3 blankets, 2 shirts and a comfortable couch to protect me. With the meds in me, the highest my temperature got was 102. Oh and did I mention I couldn't keep any food down? Well, I couldn't. Haven't tried yet today so stay tuned.
Right about now you are probably wondering what my big dilemma is. Well, being a new teacher I have yet to take a day off. Imagining a day without my being there is also scary considering my kids had a substitute for 45 min last week in art and they were HORRIBLE. (Something about crawling on the floor that I really didn't want to hear the whole backstory to).
But I'm also from the school (no pun intended) that if you are sick you shouldn't go in, especially if you work with kids all day. Sure, you could get sicker, but you could also get everyone else around you sick which is obviously, not good.
But tomorrow isn't a regular day of school: tomorrow is their first class trip. All they are doing is going to see a show. I mean really, how badly can they mess that up? I've subbed for teachers before on special occassion days, but I don't want my co-workers thinking I was just trying to get out of the day. Yet if I DO go in, I won't have any time to call the doctor to go after school anyhow.
Oh and getting my lesson plans to school to prove they are done isn't a problem because my friend lives around the corner.
So the real question is, should I stay or should I go?
By Saturday morning, however, my throat hurt even more, but there was still no sign of a cold. Yet by Saturday afternoon, it hurt to stand up, walk, breathe, blink...you get the idea.
I was already at the store when these new symptoms kicked in, so I picked up some cold/flu stuff because now I'm wondering, what if it is the flu? All day yesterday I was freezing even with 3 blankets, 2 shirts and a comfortable couch to protect me. With the meds in me, the highest my temperature got was 102. Oh and did I mention I couldn't keep any food down? Well, I couldn't. Haven't tried yet today so stay tuned.
Right about now you are probably wondering what my big dilemma is. Well, being a new teacher I have yet to take a day off. Imagining a day without my being there is also scary considering my kids had a substitute for 45 min last week in art and they were HORRIBLE. (Something about crawling on the floor that I really didn't want to hear the whole backstory to).
But I'm also from the school (no pun intended) that if you are sick you shouldn't go in, especially if you work with kids all day. Sure, you could get sicker, but you could also get everyone else around you sick which is obviously, not good.
But tomorrow isn't a regular day of school: tomorrow is their first class trip. All they are doing is going to see a show. I mean really, how badly can they mess that up? I've subbed for teachers before on special occassion days, but I don't want my co-workers thinking I was just trying to get out of the day. Yet if I DO go in, I won't have any time to call the doctor to go after school anyhow.
Oh and getting my lesson plans to school to prove they are done isn't a problem because my friend lives around the corner.
So the real question is, should I stay or should I go?
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