Sick

I've always considered myself a pretty healthy person, but in the last couple of years I've been getting more and more colds. So it wasn't much of a surprise to me two weeks ago when my throat started hurting and I began to cough up horrible chunks of blech.

I could have called out sick from work a couple of times, but when it was really bad I just wore a mask. I feel like if I can wake up and function during the day, there's no point in sitting around drinking broth and feeling sorry for myself. Besides, I could do that on my days off.

So that's what I've been doing these last 15 days or so. Except for last Saturday, when I went to a baby shower thrown for my friend Julie from Bing. She's due in a month or so and I'm pretty excited for the second person in my social circle to be having a child. Just makes me think about where I am in life and in my relationship with Matt... but that's all I've got to say about that!

Anyhow, I've just been off for two days and now I'm back to the grind in the morning. Work's been good lately though-- I have a summer nursing intern, a student from a local nursing college. He's two years older than me, and like me, has gone into nursing after having already earned a prior Bachelor's degree. He's very bright and he's fun to work with all day, so it makes the days go quickly and reinforces for me just how much I'd like to start teaching. I did my fingerprints and am now cleared to teach in NY state, so now I just have to schedule with BOCES. Sigh. Someday.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, concludes this post. I'm in the middle of making creme brule for my parents-- I bought my dad a cool set with a little propane torch for father's day and am trying it out for the first time for him. The little ramekins are cooling in the fridge and I'm about to put the torched-sugar top on them. I can't wait!