Cant Keep Quiet!

Yesterday I went to get some blood drawn for a minor blood test. Nothing major.

The gentleman drawing my blood seemed to do just fine. Today I’m not so sure.

First off, let me say that I’m not an easy person when it comes to getting blood. I have small veins that tend to move. Once, when I had to have some surgery done, it took three people to get the IV established. The first was the nurse assigned to get me set up for the surgery. The second was the “IV Queen” who they told me could establish an IV in a rock. The final person was the anesthesiologist.

Because I can be so difficult, I expect a bit of bruising.

I definitely got bruising.

The actual blood draw wasn’t the big culprit, though. The adhesive that the man used to attach the cotton caused the problem.

When I tried to take it off last night I couldn’t get it to come off from the inner side of my elbow. Finally I got an edge up on the outer side of the elbow. I then ripped it off because I was sure that would hurt less than slowly peeling it off.

Today I have these lovely red marks on the inner part of my elbow. It looks awful in person. This picture only hints at how bad it looks.

It also hurts. A lot.

I hope I don’t have to do that again anytime soon.

OUCH!!!

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Earlier this month the state legislature cut the current state budget by $517 million. Over 60% ($325 million) of that cut was sliced out of education. That was just for the current state budget. The legislation is still trying to work out the cuts for next year’s budget. It’s a given that education will take a huge chunk.

I saw this cartoon and felt that it told the tale very well.

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There are quite a few differences between working in an elementary school and working in a high school.  One day I may actually sit down and write about them all.  Today I’m only writing about one difference.

I worked in various elementary schools for 13 years prior to coming to my current school.  In all that time only one student at any of those schools died.  The young man happened to be one of my students.  He was killed in a house fire during the summer.

Sadly, it’s a much more common occurrence in high schools.   Most of the time the students are involved in a car accident and speed or alcohol or both are involved.

Today we were told that a 15 year old student from my school had died over the weekend in a car crash.  While the news report didn’t saw speed was a factor, I wouldn’t be surprised if it came into play.  It’s just not as easy to overturn a slower moving vehicle.

He wasn’t one of my students but it is still sad to see someone’s life ended so young.

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I have finally finished getting the back log of work caught up at my school. I’m tired and I’ve had a headache for a few days but it is all done. I shouldn’t need to spend any more Saturdays trying to get everything done.

Now I’ll just take a couple of days to recuperate. Or maybe a decade.

Wow! Someone at my school nominated me for Teacher of the Year.

I’m not expecting to win. I’ve only worked there for a little over 2 months. Also, being a high school, most of the teachers don’t know me yet.

Still, it is nice to be nominated.