Sick day -be my own reliever .
Today the rain turned to a torrential downpour...today was a particularly demanding day. Wednesday morning professional learning starts at 7.55am AND I missed it due to an intense migraine. I haven't woken up to one of those this entire term. 'Just take the day off ' my inner critic said. ' Nah...take it easy, move slowly and get to period 1, they need you, it's formal writing hand in day. It's a quiet class. You'll be fine as the day progresses" i reasoned. Well I took it easy, navigated through the puddles, made it to period 1 and was pleasantly surprised with the submission rate. Yay. Holiday reading ! It was also teacher appreciation day...the prefects had arranged a colourful morning tea. I missed that too. One other student handed me a beautifully written note and a chocolate to say thank you for being a great English teacher. I'm fortunate to only live a few minutes up the road. My non contact time was meant for one set of assessment mark