Great Mother's Day Gift and More!

Friday, I had to go to the school nurse, Pam Frederich, who is awesome by the way so I could get some throat lozenges. She told me that many people were feeling the way I was starting to feel. Tired, sore throat, headache. During 7th block, I actually started to fall, caught myself on the desk and sat down. Like an idiot, I kept teaching. I think now I already had a fever, but was not realizing it. I couldn't figure out I needed to go home. Yesterday, I went to the Walgreen's clinic, found out I had a fever and a sinus infection. I pretty much slept the rest of the day. I'm feeling a bit better today, so I think we can go out for mother's day.
Rick was very thoughtful and bought me a gift certificate for a 90 minute Swedish massage package at Scandals. I know I was keeping him around for something. Ha.

I hope everyone read the St. Louis Post Dispatch article on the Mehlville School District finances. It is on the front page of the Metro section today. They got everything right except for two things. One, Brent Bell was not the only official who messed up on our finances. Another individual who is a superintendent seems to also have been responsible. It is unclear how involved he was in the financial decisions, but somehow since Chambers was only half time, it seems like he may have had a hand in this. Also, our teachers have not had the raises stated in the paper the last few years. Check out the department of elementary and secondary education website for the State of Missouri for the real stats.



Visit my website http://thednafiles.org. I've been asked to be a guest science writer for the Dog DNA company website. I'm so excited. I sure need a second job. I'll be making a post sometime in the next few days on Doggie DNA testing, so keep a lookout. Everyone who knows us knows how fond we are of doggies. :-)