Friday, October 8, 2010

Attack of the Killer Ear Day 2. 44/76.

I have decided to give my ear another chance. I know, I know, I have such a good heart. Today, I attempted to go to work. I made it through one class before I got sick. It was stupidity on my part. It's been so long since I've taken antibiotics, I forgot that you can't take the medicine on an empty stomach. And that's exactly what I did. The primary school director and the director of the entire school both sent me home and insisted on it. I kept telling them I was fine and that I don't like going home sick, but they left me no choice. Told me to rest over the next four days. I obliged. I wish I could say I came home and fell asleep, but no such luck.

For those of you that have not been fortunate enough to experience an ear infection, a fluid comes out of your ear if you have ruptured your eardrum. (I read it online. You can practically diagnose yourself nowadays!) Anyways, the entire morning and afternoon, I had to listen to my ear rid itself of this fluid. It was gross to look at, but kinda cool to hear. I can already tell a huge difference in the amount of pain. It's taken so much pressure off of my ear! I'm glad that antibiotic worked so quickly!

I did absolutely nothing all day today. I only dozed off once, for about thirty minutes. I heard the kids arrive home, so I woke up. We ended up watching the movie, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, in Spanish. It was fun to watch. I had not seen the movie in forever!

If I had to get sick, I couldn't have picked a better weekend. I have all day tomorrow and Sunday, Monday morning, and all day Tuesday to relax! (And study, of course!) I keep looking at my pile of books sitting on my desk. I think I will wait at least until Sunday to pick them up! The good thing about my test on Monday is that it's open-notes, so I won't have to go through excruciating lengths to study and prepare. I already know what's going to be on the test as well, so I just need to go thorugh my notes and highlight some things.

I think I am starting a new fashion trend with this cotton ball hanging out of my ear. The kids tonight thought it was very cool! :)

Quote of the Day: "We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope." -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

2 comments:

  1. Any idea what caused it? When we were kids and had ear aches my Dad who never really smoked would light up a cigar and gently blow smoke into the infected ear.I don't know why or how but the warth of the smoke eased the pain and really it stopped hurting.

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  2. That's weird! Maybe that's why Mimi told me to put heat on it!

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