A tiring day

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I have been sick for a couple of weeks.  Today I had my French class and decided to take some cold medicine this morning before I left so I could get through the class.  I walked to the  metro and it was not running because of an emergency.  Luckily I live close to another metro station so I walked to that one.  It was also closed and empty except for the police officers milling about.  I decided the first metro station was more promising so I walked back.  After waiting just a few minutes the metro started running again.  The good news - I had over half an hour of walking today before class.  The bad news - I was sick and very tired.  The metro was going much slower than normal and was very crowded.  I stood while holding onto the railing with my eyes closed willing the metro to go faster.  I arrived at my class and made it through, albeit without any super student nominations.  After class I met Ryan.  We went for a walk.  I was still very tired.  I went home and wanted to take a nap but I had some cleaning to do first.  Then the kids came home and I miraculously wasn't quite as sleepy.  I made it through the evening and went to take some medicine before bed.  That's when I noticed I took a night time cold medicine before my French class.  I think it works better at night, when I have time to sleep.  Lesson learned- don't get sick. If that isn't possible and medicine is needed, read the entire label.

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Shelly said…
Awesome! I am surprised you did as well as you did.
March 22, 2011 at 11:04 PM
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