I know I promised a lengthy update, but I have RA and I woke up in the night with a flare. I am in bad shape right now, pain really bad. My hands are killing me, but I want to let you know what's going on.
First last weekend, I got bit/stung by this huge black bee. 3 weeks ago I had a run in with a nest of bald faced wasps...and a few weeks before that I was stung/bit by a yellow jacket. I tell ya, I must look like something bees don't like. But each time my reaction has worsened. With this last one, my whole arm swelled up from the wrist to past the elbow (I was stung midway between). It hurt and itched and was real red and hot. Then about 4 days later it turned a lovely shade of purple. It's all cleared up now, but I hope I can make it the rest of the year without getting stung again.
As for my job, it's fabulous, but we have a dress code and evidently I'm having a difficult time following it...at least according to a woman that works there. I even went home one day and changed. She is relentless. Friday I got called to the Principal's office and finally got the low down. I guess this woman used to be in charge a few years back and she is having trouble giving up control. So with me being the new girl, she feels inclined to pick on me. Her emails are real passive aggressive. I told my principal that I'm not going through this again and he is behind me 150%. He said the next email I get, I am to forward it to him. Then he will go tell her a thing or two and also to leave me alone. Finally, someone on my side. He said he has seen me everyday and I am dressing fine, better then some of the others that have been there for years.
Also, apparently the honeymoon is over with my students. I have a few that are acting up and testing the boundaries. I didn't want to be a bad guy because that is what they deal with all day long. But I think with a few, that's all they understand, so last week when one had pushed to far, I went and got the guard and had him escorted out of my class. The rest of them then saw that I mean business and won't tolerate being disrespected like that or having someone distract the class and inhibit their learning. Their behavior did a 180. The one student that was involved in the gang mob years ago gave me a smile and thumbs up. He also stayed after class and said that I'm doing a good job, that he likes the way I treat them and that the guy I tossed is a jerk. He then went on to tell me that it was his birthday and that he was going to be giving his mom a gift. He had made a beautiful cutting board for her. I went over and had the teacher show me his and it was amazing. I went back and told him that I was impressed. That those kinds of boards sell for a small fortune in upscale kitchen supply stores. You could see the pride all over his face. He was smiling like the Cheshire Cat. He said he didn't know he could do something like that having never had the chance before. I told him he could get into wood working when he got out and make a pretty good living at it. He said he'd like that.
Now about the challenge. I worked out 3 of the 5 days last week. I got that awful headache that prevented me from doing one of the days. I haven't "worked out" this weekend, but I worked for 5 hours in my garden/yard yesterday (maybe that's why I hurt so much) and don't feel like doing much today. But I still managed to lose 3 pounds! I'm eating veggies out of my garden. It is doing so good, I haven't had a year like this in a very long time. My husband went fishing last week and we had fresh trout one night. I will continue to do what I'm doing and hopefully the pain will slack off in a few days and I can get back to working out.
I also plan to go to an endocrinologist soon to have all my levels checked. I had a growth on my thyroid removed back in 95 and I also had to quit taking my hormones because it's been 5 years and now my hot flashes are back with a vengeance. This doctor was recommended by a friend and helped her a lot. He uses all natural stuff and has a compound pharmacy right there, so I hope to get in soon.
And that's about all I can typr right now. I will post again when I feel better.
Have a good week everybody!
Squirrel
Oh man those damn wasps. They are evil little suckers. They filled up the walls of my house twice in two years. So annoying!
ReplyDeleteThat sucks that the kid was being a jackass to you but at least you were able to establish that as nice as you are you aren't a pushover - that will go much further in their respect towards you.
Speaking of compound pharmacies the Doc gave me a prescription and he said I would need a compound pharmacy...um... what is it? Where do you find one?
A compound pharmacy is when they make the medication right there on site like in the old days. It's made just for you. Pretty cool actually when you think about it.
Deleteso sorry you are feeling bad. I hope that gets better!
ReplyDeleteyou know, kids are hard to deal with anyway...teenagers especially. I feel for you in your position. It's got to be hard with those kids. and dress code? seriously in prison? wow.
Have a great week.
and feel better!
Thanx Robin, the dress code is taking some getting used to. I mean I used to work at a public high school in the office, so my clothing was professional, but at the prison you can't where sandals, flip flops or open toe shoes, there are sex offenders that have a toe fetish. You can't have tops neckline lower then the collar bone. Nothing tight or fitted. No short skirts or shorts. Nothing sleeveless. We have to be careful with button up that there aren't any gaps between the buttons. No jeans. Shirts can't have any kind of wording or logos, not even the local college shirts. I have had to go buy some shoes and clothes to get me through to winter...all I wear this time of year is summer wear. It can be in the 90's-100's. And with me stopping the hormones and having hot flashes, the cooler the better.
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What THE frack? Why do you keep getting stung by bees? How awful! Wear a helmet for chrissakes! Is there anything to do to encourage them out of your yard? Graaahhh. Hope you feel better.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm sorry the kids are giving you a hard time - but I actually think your relationship can grow in a real way with them when they see you have a backbone too. You can handle this. You're doing great, and that's a touching story about that birthday boy!
Oh my heart sunk when I saw the passive aggressive email thing. NOT AGAIN, I thought! You must be such a nice person that stupid people think they can push you. But you did exactly the right thing. Good for you. It is probably against policy/law somewhere for her to tell you how to dress, or for her to interpret the dress code, or to pick on you individually. For the love of god. I had a lady like that at my last college. She was old fashioned and thought we all needed to wear pantyhose. She lived in a different era and her clothes were ridiculous.
I hope your tests come out okay. Go easy on yourself and way to go with the workouts!! xx
I firmly believe that gardening is exercise--so you worked out ALL weekend. Keep up the good work! We're all with you each week.
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