It is cold and flu season.  I remember my first year of teaching kindergarten some yumpty- yump years ago.  The children were coming into the classroom from the frosty bus.  One of them, a boy, threw up without warning as he reached the threshold of my classroom.  I grabbed his arm to keep him from slipping and falling.  There were thirty four children in that kindergarten.  For some reason I cannot ponder without gagging myself, the next three children in line followed the sick child into the classroom.  Having only two arms, the boy behind my sick child slid through the mess on the floor and he threw up.  This went on to include two more children.  The last one slipped and fell.  Finally I yelled out of the door, “STOP MOVING!”.  I gagged and threw up, which only made things go from bad to worse.

If you are on a diet, read this post before you eat.  You will lose a pound a week at least.  Me?  No, I just recall the day and wonder what the thirty other children did the rest of that morning.  The custodian did not speak to me for weeks. My colleagues laughed behind my back until they came down with flu themselves.  Get the flu shot in October and stop bitching about vaccines.