Sick days

I'm sick again...

I think this is just a full blown sinus infection. Started out with just a sore/dry throat and got progressively worse this week. I struggled the past two days at school and decided to take the day off today after not sleeping last night and not being able to think clearly. I hate taking sick days. I was sick most of the year last year but only had to take two days off. I really hope this year I'm not sick all the time. I think my students got used to me sounding like a man last year (embarrassing) because I would lose my voice and sound awful. Hopefully I can get it out of my system early & stay healthy with flu season coming up!

While I sit here at home all day, I do have time to catch up on the laundry I haven't done in two weeks. I'm so congested though that I got winded after bringing my two large laundry baskets to the laundry room. I'm two loads in... many more to go.

While I wait for my laundry machine to buzz at me, Bubba and I are sitting here enjoying some day time t.v. that I never get to watch like Regis & Kelly and The Price is Right. I've been cuddling up with my large cup of coffee with peppermint mocha creamer (the best!), a box of tissues, and my dog that loves to cuddle during the day but doesn't want to be touched at night.

Cuddling :)

 We are currently watching The Price is Right. Yes Bubba watches too :)

Watching The Price is Right reminds me so much of both my grandmas. My dad's mom passed away back in 2001 from cancer, but my mom's mom who is 86 lives with us now because she suffers from dementia. I would always watch this show at both my grandma's house. We would always play along with the show while my cousin would claim that he saw his soccer coach or his teacher in the audience.  This show really brings me back to my childhood where I didn't have a worry in the world, at least none that were very important. Yes the show isn't the same without Bob, but it still has the same feel which is nice. I would watch this when I was sick because I would always be with one of my grandmas when I couldn't go to school since my parents work full time. 

Sick days are not really different from when I was younger. Yes I am doing laundry which I never used to do, but when I go back to school tomorrow (hopefully) I will still have things to make up just like I did when I was little. 

Hopefully I can enjoy this sick day as much as possible despite the ability to breathe. The buzzer went off on the dryer. Off I go to continue my third load...

Wow Technology

Now I'm pretty knowledgeable when it comes to technology. Being 23 years old, I grew up with a computer (without internet or slow internet) a cell phone at a young age, & cable/answering machines. Yes, there was a time where my family didn't have cable or an answering machine. We were always the last to upgrade to new technology. Even with me growing up with all this new technology, we will still always a few years behind the world.

The first computer we had was an apple computer that was a black screen and had green text. I remember playing lemonade stand on the computer & some alien shooting game. We didn't get cable until I was in 6th grade which was unheard of. Most people had cable by the year 2000 but we got it for Christmas. Yes, there is a picture of me opening a box with a postcard about cable. I have a shocked look on my face. I almost cried. I couldn't wait to watch nickelodeon & the disney channel.  Other than our apple computer, my uncle built our first functioning computer where you could actually do more than play games. Along with that & getting the internet, we still had dial up forever. My parents would get so mad at me for keeping the phone line busy for 3 hours on end while I was chatting it up on AIM.  We finally got high speed internet when I was in high school.

     





I got my first cell phone when I was in 8th grade. Pre-paid good old Nokia. I had a hot pink sparkly cover & a clear one that lit up. It was cool to have different cell phone covers. You could switch them anytime you wanted! Those years since then have seemed to fly by when it comes to technology.

Imagine a bright pink sparkly cover :)

Virtually everyone has a laptop now. I'm on my second one already. Almost everyone has a camera & a good one at that. People have a new cell phone every year, an MP3 player, an e-reader, & the list goes on. How cool is it that you can control things in your house from your cell phone when you aren't there? I feel like everything is moving so fast & shhhhh I'm starting to feel old.

My students have grown up with all of this. They were born into the technology boom. Born between the years 1998 -1999, they pretty much always had cable, internet, cell phones etc. Yesterday we were talking about cell phones in class. A few students were telling me about a new phone they got & what they have. My students have the iphone! Whaaaaat??? They are 12 & 13! I don't even have a phone that fancy. Feeling old? I sure am.

I'm dreading the day they know more than me about technology.

Changing it up

New template for the blog. I like changing things up a lot. Let me know what you think! I'm sure I'll still be tweaking it :)