Yesterday morning I woke up with this weird looking rash around my neck. I proceeded to hop in the shower and get ready for work. I didn't really think much of it other than it itched and so I tried my best to not itch it. By the time I had gotten to school it had made it to my scalp. I went down to the school nurse for advice, but she was absent. In her place was a grouchy LPN. I asked her what she thought it was and of course she said it was from my necklace. I didn't believe her, however, I still had no clue what was causing it. So, I went on with my day and made it to the after school data meeting. By the time the meeting was over it had spread to my face and chest. I called my mom to see what she had to say and she ended up coming with me to urgent care. By this time, it had spread to my arms, stomach, and tops of my legs. He said it could be any series of things I have come into contact with over the past week. I'm not allergic to anything, I've never broken out in hives from anything, and I haven't really done anything out of the ordinary this week. It's so crazy! So, he gave me a steroid shot, some antibiotics, and told me to take some benadryl before bedtime. I did all of those things last night and woke up this morning swollen with hives now on my knee caps and elbows. I got up long enough to go to school to make plans, prepare my co-teachers for questions from my students, and filled out an absense form. I made it to CVS to pick up yet another prescription where the pharmacist told me that it's very likely I'm having a reaction from something in the fields since they are harvestikg in our area now. I can't imagine that! Especially since my house is surrounded by cornfields :) So, I'm home, in bed, catching up on some Grey's Anatomy.
In other news:
Yesterday I had a student working on a phonics puzzle. He was to look at a picture and fill in the spaces below it with letter tiles that spelled out the word of the picture. His picture was of two guys. Below it he filled in the spaces with m-e-n. He sounded it out /m/ /e/ /n/ then looked up at me with a puzzled look and said "dude?" It was the cutest thing I've seen so far this year. Oh, first graders. Never a dull moment!
