Bad Day Yesterday

Went to school - it is standown at present which means there are no students. I wanted to do some marking using two computers. I can't run CS3 on my laptop so had to go to school to mark.

Plus, the school bought me this really great chair which I can almost lay down in - the seat is like 45degrees to the horizontal and it has a big back so I work in comfort, using very little energy.

I have the 2D Animations on one computer and my marking sheet (in Word) on another. I have been using formulas in Word for a few years, but didn't realise (der) that you can do cell references.

This is how I teach, - almost lying down. I have my feet up on another chair. Seems very unprofessional I suppose, but I have a brain, and on most days I have enough energy to walk around the room and I also constantly interact with the students.

I also have good classes.

I teach using wikispaces.
Flash and the Web
Advanced Web and Scripting
Communications and Presenations are my current classes. These sites are under construction constantly. I have used most of the standown period to work on them and do marking.

So why am I writing this today? Well, yesterday a scary thing happened. I went to school, I did my marking. I got cold. The airconditioning is always a little weird during the holidays and I was hot so I took off my jacket. And lay there for hours, and got cold.

Came home, had a fever. To you - no scary. To me - terrifying. I don't want to get worse. I am so glad I can get out of the house and teach. I want to keep my life. It may be fairly bad at times - I can't go to so many things I would like to, there are lots of things I can't do - but I like my life, I don't want to get worse. People do get worse with this stuff.

So, today I am back in bed, with my table, working on my wikis - and investigating Second Life. Not that I want to join it but it interests me as a gaming phenomena. Some really cute IT happening.

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Anyway, why does one blog? I guess I want to remember this.

Since I am in Australia, this was posted at 12.30 on the 24th April. One day before ANZAC Day - I forgot to edit the time when I posted.