I have had a really bad head cold since last Friday (Man-flu obviously). It has made me feel dizzy and tired.
My wife is being inspected by OFSTED starting today, she got the phone call on Friday morning. She worked till 9 0'clock on Friday, all day Saturday and Sunday and finished at ten last night. She was up and out at 5:30 this morning.I have had to look after my 11 year old son, who has aspergers, all weekend. Hard work when I sometimes felt I couldn't even stand up without falling back down.
But this morning the sun was shining, I felt better and I was confident the inspection would go well. I took my lad to school and even managed a little whistle on the way home.....UNTIL!!!!!!!!!
I spotted that one of my neighbours has put her effing christmas tree up, complete with chocolate santas and fairy lights. This has knocked me back to the depths of despair. People just cannot wait to remind you that time is moving on and that's one less year for me to exist.
Been there, done that, not sure how I lived through it. You have my deepest sympathy.
But that was a few years ago. This year, my wife, who is never ill and never takes a day off was stricken with a very serious chest infection. The headteacher at her school told me to take her home and keep her there as she clearly wasn't fit enough to manage a class of 30 seven year olds. Two days later, the school got the OFSTED call. My good lady had a very lucky escape - even a collapsed lung was less hassle than an inspection.