Under the weather

I have had a terrible cold or some sort of virus all week. I've felt pretty sickly. Luckily the worst day was Monday night and Tuesday. We didn't have school Monday because of President's Day, so I laid around all day. I think I had a fever for a while that night, too.

I was feeling a little better, thanks to cold medicine and ibuprofen. My best friend, Tyler, finally got a contraption with videochat capabilities... so we did just that! It was awesome to finally see him AND talk to him. It made me feel better.

I felt pretty crappy all day at school on Tuesday and laid around again all night. After school we bought our ICE train tickets to Munich for the weekend. Wednesday was a very busy day at school. It seemed we had two classes in the library during each period of the day. I even instructed the 10th grade honors history class about how to determine if an Internet source is credible. It went well. The principal sat in on my lesson; he complemented me later on it. The tech guy, R., helped do a little bit of the lesson, too.

We had a school improvement committee meeting after school on Wednesday, and the principal told the other committee members what a great job R. and I did. He said that he learned from us and thinks teachers could benefit from it too... like for a professional development type thing.

By Thursday morning I was feeling much better. Thursday at school was a slower day, so that was nice. I am still coughing some and blowing my nose, but it is better than it had been. Hopefully I'll continue to improve. If not, then there's always Dr. Kiderly in downtown Baumholder.

Friday evening five of us depart for Munich on the ICE train. The other five people are renting a car and driving.... I'm pretty sure that's not allowed. Not to mention not one of them has an international drivers license. Hopefully they don't get pulled over or get into an accident. Those of us taking the train will take the regular train from Neubrucke to Frankfurt and get on the ICE train there. I am so excited to ride an ICE train!

Saturday is filled with a trip to Mozart's home of Salzburg. On Sunday we can explore Munich and will visit Dachau concentration camp. I am very nervous about that. I started to chicken out of going there, but Terry (who has been there) told me I should go. She said everyone should go there once. She said it is a very sobering experience. I'm so nervous.

I can't believe this week is over already. I feel like it just started. I was packing tonight for the weekend since we'll be leaving shortly after school tomorrow when I said to my friend on videochat, "I feel like I just got back from Paris." What a horrible life I lead... not! I'm a lucky girl.

This will end week 7 of student teaching, which is absolutely crazy. That means Monday will be week 8 out of 16 total weeks. But really, it's more like 15 total weeks because of spring break. I can't believe how time is flying. I know it's going to just keep getting faster, too, as we get even more into the swing of teaching and take over more and more in our classrooms (or libraries!). It's so exciting, yet kind of sad. I know the end will be here before I know it. There is so much left I want to see but won't be able to, and there are so many people here who I will miss greatly. But I will make the most out of my time here and love every minute of it.