thankfulness

This has been a really difficult week in a lot of ways, but I am refusing to give into the temptation to complain. :) I tried fighting off the sickness going around but it finally got me on Monday... and it hasn't been welcome. I don't remember being this sick for this long in a long time... but I think it's just a combination of stress, lack of sleep, competing priorities and the fact that I'm trying to be conservative with my heat bill in this cold weather... ;)

I finally gave in to sleeping and resting instead of feeling like I needed to do work all weekend, so I think that's helped me finally get some energy back. But it is definitely preparing me for reality-- when you have to keep working even when you're sick (ha). Most of my kids were sick last week and I really thought with all my vitamin C and water I was drinking that I could hold off.... but no such luck.

So instead of complaining, I want to be thankful. Thankful that even though my students probably passed their germs on when we were having meetings or shaking hands at the end of the day, I have a school to work in and get great experience in. Or even though I'm totally overwhelmed by multiple assignments due this weekend, at least I'm fortunate enough to be in a graduate school program and getting a degree I'm passionate about. And even though I'm feeling sick, at least I have a warm house, some soup, some tea and a nice couch to rest on in the process. Yes, I feel thankful. :)