I'm drinking tea

Today was not as crazy as I expected it to be. We had 11 kiddos in the room. Yes, that's eleven two year olds.

Plus, my boss still has my plan book so I didn't realize until I got there this morning that I needed to make salt dough for art. Fortunately I had just enough flour left from our last baking adventure to make enough dough for everyone.

Circle time went amazingly well, all but one of them sat through our hello song and two books before we sang the froggy song (when they get to jump).

The downside of the day is that I developed a sore throat. Like an if-I-don't-keep-taking-advil-I-can't-swallow sore throat, which seems bad. I feel fine otherwise, so hopefully it will wear off soonish.

I have a standing rule that if I go home early from work because I don't feel well I have to continue to behave like I'm sick when I get home (take care of myself). But since I stayed at work all day I got to decide if I was up for a short run when I got home.

I usually go by the "neck test" to decide if I should work out when I'm not 100%. If symptoms are above the neck (cold-like) it's ok, but if symptoms are below the neck (lungs, fever, aches) it's best to give it a rest.

Given that, I ran a couple miles and felt a lot better overall when I was done. Not my throat (that still hurts) but the rest of me is glad that I ran.

Now I'm drinking tea (which I pretty much only do when I'm sick) and planning on going to bed at a reasonable hour.