Back to work...

Today was my first day back to work since the 27th of April...so it seems like forever ago! I was at the elementary school today so I needed a lot of energy to get through the day. Plus, I had one of the worst colds that I think I have had in a long time. On Monday and Tuesday, it was hard for me to talk because my throat was so dry. Then on Wednesday and Thursday, it hurt pretty badly even when I just swallowed food. And so then having to come and teach on Friday again and muster up the energy was not great...but I was starting to finally feel better, though I was not in tip top condition. My throat was still hurting and my nose stuffy. I wore a mask today just so that I wouldn't pass it on to my students.

But the best news of the day was that I had no classes in the afternoon! Yay!!! In the morning, I was able to get through the 2 fifth grade classes and 2 sixth grade classes. It was not as bad as I thought that it would be and I was able to get through it. I was just relieved when it was all over and was able to finally rest again and look forward to the weekend!

But I am still a little bitter that we had to come back to school/work on Friday. There is nearly a whole week dedicated to national holidays and days off...come on, people...the whole week is a vacation, so why don't they just have the day off on Friday?! It makes sense...or so one would think. I had to come all the way back from my trip just to be at school for a few hours. It just disrupted the whole time before the weekend and would have made more sense to just be able to have the entire week off. But anyway, there are more people out there suffering from bigger issues and problems, so I can't complain too much. There are people up in the northern regions of Japan struggling non-stop since the earthquake and tsunami hit and many without homes or even the thought of a vacation on their mind. There are also those dealing with the nuclear power plant issue and everything that comes with it, so I consider myself very lucky and very fortunate.

Well, I have today and then the weekend, and starting next week will be a long streak of consecutive work weeks until summer vacation comes. Back at it!