Where the hell did the time go?

This week it will be 3 weeks since my return from England and I have blogged but ONCE! Life is catching up with me and my health buckled under the pressure once again. I was really sick after I came back and had a lung infection. I was "ordered" to go home by the school nurse (God love her) and was perscribed pills that would knock down a horse. I being considerable smaller than a horse, was totally wiped off my feet by these Bulgarian strength drugs, also likely illegal-in-every-country-but-here-and-possibly-Iran!

Added to the nasty anti-biotics were anti allergy drugs becasue apparently Petya who took these same anti-biotics last, blew up like a baloon and so as a precaution, I was given these pills to take with it. It worked like a switch. An hour after taking them, I was out like a light. I slept an average of 20 hours a day the first three days I was on them. My days consisted of eating (a lot) drinking (gallons- them drugs make you thirsty) and walking Oscar (not a lot).

I had a few concerned emails from sweet students and a visit from Ava who as I told her later that week managed to feed my body AND my soul. She brought me juice and croissants, as well as a CD with some cool pics, writing, paintings of Van Gogh and awesome music on it (a Christmas gift I hadnt managed to look at earlier).

Now we are at end of term which means we are teaching a regualr course load and marking 69 exam papers (23 students, 3 different tests) and still trying to have a normal life. IN -20 degree weather no less. going down the hill is REAL fun!

So my friends if I am less than verbose, it is because I am overwhelmed, am trying to take time for myself to make myself good meals, insted of talking on Yahoo all night, and am trying to keep my spirits high. It is cold, I am trying to be frugal and I am lonely as hell! ME NO LIKE! The winter blues are hitting hard and I am really starting to wonder why I didnt stay in Manchester and smuggle in Oscar somehow. I came back for the kids. But even they are stressed and you can see it in their behavior, so it is HARD being here right now. REAL hard! Like I said ME NO LIKE!

I'm sure even this will pass, or not....