Today I got up super early in the morning (8:00) and got
showered and ready for the big day – my last day of vacation (I mean, sick
leave…). My morning routine was briefly interrupted by a Rhode Island police
officer who was doing a background check on one of my neighbors – (they really
do hold the badge up in your face as you open the door, just like in the
movies...) – but I still made it out the door and to the hospital only five
minutes late. Of course, I was over fifteen minutes late to my appointment
after the search for a parking spot.
The nurse saw me quickly (as in both, there was little wait
to see her, and I only saw her for a couple of minutes before I was out the
door and on my way home again). She
pulled off a couple of adhesives, made faces at my retelling of my chat with
the on-call doc, told me that blisters are not normal and to come in next time,
and then wrote me a note adding another week onto my vacation. Everything is healing nicely. I just need to
keep resting and let it keep healing nicely.
I stopped at Walmart on the way home to restock on a couple
of munchies (and I grabbed a bag of salad just in case I get tired of the microwave
food). Then ate some chicken and did some dishes, before collapsing back onto
my couch with my pile of books.
I miss my little ones and my classroom, but I was so
amazingly grateful to collapse back onto my couch. I might just sleep for the
next week…
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