Brain of Cheese

I am sick of being sick.  I have binge watched horrible television such as Reign and The Librarians.  I rewatched a favorite movie and one really horrible one.  I have tried to play Dragon Age: Inquisition, but I get too sleepy.  I am feeling better, but my brain, she is Swiss cheese.

I have also done some work, writing lesson plans for the substitutes, finishing up letters of recommendation (only 3 to go!) and trying to figure out how to recover my schedule after losing 4 days of school right before finals.

I suppose that is the one thing that teaching has taught me, plans are a fine thing, but without flexibility, all is lost.  I never thought of myself as terribly static, but man has teaching given me a whole new concept of flexibility.  When I make lesson plans, it is always more than I can possibly get to and then I pick and choose based on the need.  That is going to get really interesting, because when I go back, I'll have one week before we go into finals.  Ideally, I wanted the students to be all the way up to WWII, but due to illness, I have barely taken them  into the 1920s.  So the time has come to devise a prohibition lesson plan and use it to teach the constitutional amendment system.

Except my brain...she is Swiss cheese. 

So, I took today off.  I didn't really do anything that required much thinking.  My hope is that tomorrow I will be able to settle in and get some real work done.  I figure if I can do a few hours Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I will have something akin to a plan and updated grades for my kiddos come Monday.  I just have to remember, moderation. 

I should mention that there have been some upsides to being sick.  Trader Joe's Lemon Echinacea Ginger drink is made of awesome when you aren't feeling well.  (It's especially good warmed.)  In true tonsillitis fashion, I have been eating ALL of the ice cream.  And I picked up lobster bisque today because it's liquid and filling.  So, while still on a liquid, soft foods diet, I have been indulging.

I'd write more, but I can't think of anything terribly interesting to write, and my brain...cheese.  Mmm, cheese!