Irritating Chrysothamnus

Well... My plan to decide on my course of medication went terribly wrong. Before I could do anything my body decided to expel everything. That night was a terribly short night. I did feel a bit better afterwards, but still had terrible drainage. I think the drainage was causing some acid reflux. Okay yeah... you wanted to know all this. I managed to work the next day. I was hopeful that last night I would get a little more rest. I did get a LITTLE more. It was more pleasant rest because I didn't feel nearly as bad. I hope this weekend I can give myself rest and a boost. Maybe I can move on from this. I am doing everything I can. I think I may have found the irritating culprit causing all of this irritation. Rabbitbrush is in bloom here. Have I mentioned I can't wait for snow?



I made it through Friday and even managed to teach the students a few things in between assessments. I forget how busy the beginning of the year is with assessing. We were told we had to do it ourselves. I don't know how we can do it all and teach. We can't use a retired teacher even to help. I don't think our new admin realizes how long this can take for each individual student. While we do these assessments our classes are given sorts of "busy work" so we can do this. We can't give them something that might cause them to be loud or we won't be able to hear the student we are working with. I don't know... seems there must always be something that adds another challenge to the day.

Speaking of challenges. I have seen my challenge almost daily this year. Since traveling to the city and getting help from a child psychologist and medication there seems to be a huge improvement. This will be a lifelong battle for this one. I hope that feeling more present will be enough to keep the student on the right track. It is terrible to see mental illness in one so young. The outcome is just a huge unknown.

I don't know if I will accomplish half of what I want to this weekend. One step at a time. If you have a cure for fall allergies let me know. If you could send some snow my way that would be even better. In the meantime I either want hot soup or icy cold treats. I have always found that a little lemon can help with the drainage. As long as this isn't eaten right before resting for the night. This is my favorite lemony treat...

It's cool and refreshing. The cup is not full above the brim as shown in the photo. It has a seal on it like a yogurt cup.It does have more sugar than I'd like. The ice and the lemon sure make a difference on some irritated passages. Once this passes, I will forget about it for awhile.