The Longest Week

Coming back to school was a big refresher. To see familiar faces and do the thing I love most: teach. Everything was fantastic until about Monday afternoon. I began to feel faint and feverish just past noon. It wasn't much longer until I went home sick for the day.

I was sick with high fevers the next day and ended up at the doctor's office. It turns out that I got sun poisoning. Despite the fact of putting sun screen on nearly every hour, the fact of being almost directly on the equator with exposure of ample amount of UV rays put me at a larger risk of getting it. In all honesty, it didn't matter if I took a bath in sunscreen, apparently it was inevitable. I guess the next time will have to be taken with extraordinary measures to prevent it.

So, what did I do all week? Well I was restricted to my bed and the couch. As much as I enjoy just hanging out, four straight days of it is bound to drive a person crazy. My neighbor courteously gave me all the seasons of Alias and I averaged about a season a day plus a few naps in between. Although that seems like a waste of a day, it's the best I could do to preoccupy myself instead of all the itching and pain of the sunburn.

The only real downside is that I'm missing out on socializing. I feel like I've had zero exposure to humanity (minus the doctor visits) since Monday afternoon. It's more difficult that you could imagine. I've managed to make due, talking to myself, talking to my cat, etc. Yes, it's lame, but I got to the point where I just needed to talk.

It's been an eye opening experience being confined to my house. It makes me realize that I'm not invincible or irreplaceable. So in a way, this was a good situation to push me on my butt and give me perspective.