Cold and flu season has arrived. For some (like yours truly) allergy season is year-round and the allergens just change from mold to pollen to ragweed to dust. Whether cold, flu, or allergy similar complaints prevail with the stuffy nose-sneezing-achy-coughing … Continue reading Be Prepared: It’s Cold, Flu, and Allergy Season
Last night my house was a mess. By bedtime I was exhausted, frazzled, and additionally stressed over a situation that’s going to take some ‘protexia’ and Divine intervention to resolve. Ideally, I would have gone sleep with a clean house … Continue reading Charge Your Battery
As I’ve been scrubbing my counters and wiping crumbs from the fridge, I have been feeling absolutely miserable. Not from this physical labor, but from symptoms of red, irritated eyes, body aches, and scratchy throat. G-d forbid I’ve come down … Continue reading Seasonal Allergies
Today I took a sick day from work. Not a sick day like the well-deserved mental health day I could really use, but mamash a sick day because I was feeling extremely ill. Taking a day off is logistically very difficult. To miss a day of teaching and having to deal with substitute plans is worse than taking some OTC medication, sucking it up, and having to grin and bear it. I would have done just that, however the symptoms of body aches, stomach upset, and feeling lightheaded fall into a category different from “head cold” not conducive to managing … Continue reading Taking a Sick Day
