This is Tiresome

I can’t imagine the germs teachers get. And back in the day, they’d still send kids to school sick as a dog. I hope they quit that.

@sissy15 That is some serious sickness!

@AmbiePam Most of the teachers have it easy compared to us Paras (as far as getting sick, not in other ways obviously); we are in the thick of it; a lot of the teachers get to be at a distance, unless they're special education or work with much younger kids. Kids still get sent in pretty sick at times. We have had kids who told us they had a fever, and their parents gave them medication before school. I understand if your kid has a cold, you can't afford to not send them, but when your kid is throwing up or has a fever, please keep them home. There was a year shortly after lockdown from COVID that they had to close the schools down, not because the kids were sick, but because all of the adults were and there was no one to teach, so we were combining classes, but that only worked when there were teachers there, we had all 4 first grade teachers out at one point and a lot of the paras and subs were sick. Then someone who knew nothing about the situation was going on about how weak schools are today, and how schools never closed when we were kids, and I was like, yeah, well, who would you like to teach the kids then? We shut down because there was literally no one to cover for those who were out sick. We would have stayed open even if we had four kids in a classroom as long as we had a teacher, but we had no one.

My dog is definitely better because she got out her stinky bone that makes me stomach turn if it’s within a foot of me, but she loves it.

@AmbiePam Glad to hear she's feeling better. Hopefully you are too.

Thank you!

@AmbiePam welcome

My dog is much better, so I’m thankful.

Thank you.

The heat could be it. She’s better today, thank goodness, and I’ve held down lunch. I doordashed some Gatorade too.

Thank you!

Sadie seems much better, and I ate lunch, so that’s enough whining from me!