This morning I was the official guest speaker in two different classes, yammering on about my favourite subject, my home and native land! Our librarian and guidance counselor, in an effort to expand some very narrow (but still young enough to grow) minds has proclaimed may "Diversity Month" at our school. This is the second year, and Oh! What fun it is!
Let me digress a little. These kids aren't bad, but they're a pretty homogenized bunch. Almost all white, almost all from here, almost all will never have the opportunity to travel more than 100 miles from their square of dirt. In an effort to convince them, and maybe their parents, that different is not necessarily bad, we bring the world to them. As a volunteer at the school, I've sat in on presentations by people from Ireland, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Holland, Monaco... it's fascinating, and the kids just eat it up! I'm glad that I got to be a part of it.
Finished up there around 11, dropped some mail off at the post office, and came home. My head was pounding, my stomach churning. I REALLY need to find a migraine med that works for me, but until that time, 2 Tylenol Sinus + 2 Aleve + a large glass of room temp water and 1/2 hour on the couch with my contacts out takes the edge off enough to function. I probably shouldn't drive though - my head feels like it's floating about 6" above my neck.
No sewing or (more importantly) no rotary cutting for me either. I've learned THAT lesson. I probably shouldn't cook either. Or use the washer. Or vacuum. Can't be too careful ;o)
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