Migraines suck!

I can count on two hands the number of migraines I've had since I started getting them nine years ago, but every one of them have been insanely painful. After two rounds of pain meds, a can of Mountain Dew (for caffeine), a warm flatbread sandwich (for blood sugar), an hour-long soak in the tub, and seven hours later my migraine finally let up. I know it was started by several knots in my left shoulder that wouldn't let go, but it definitely went beyond that! Since I've started getting them, I've been a lot more sympathetic to people who get them....they are simply and completely different from a regular headache. I'm so glad it seems to be gone now and my life can start up again. :^}

The other shoe dropped

Well, it had to happen...the year had gone much too smoothly so far! Today, while my clerk was out of school on an errand, my principal told the custodians to put 3 whole pallets of science kits on the story steps that I was going to use ten minutes later with a first grade class. To top it off, it was a class with a sometimes violent autistic child and three other special needs students! When I finally got a moment to ask my principal if there was any other place for them, he told me he didn't think I used the story step area and to (politely said) "just deal with it." :^P Which I did, but not with out quietly ranting about why didn't he at least come warn me first instead of having the custodians drop the 'bomb' on me. What a day! I need a glass of Pinot! ;^)

Perspective

Fact or fiction...it's an argument for perspective. In grad school, one of my classmates, was discussing fact or what is 'correct' and morally right as 'right.' I responded that it depends on your perspective. I think it's why I have a problem with formalized religion....many times throughout history religion has clouded what is fact by their opinion of what is morally right. For example, when Christianity was 'brought' to Native Indians of an area, the Christians thought this was 'right' because it was a fact to them the native people were 'savages.' Now looking back on it the roles were actually the reverse in my perspective that the Christians, in fact, were the 'savages' and it would have been morally right for the native people to attack back. These kind of situations of perspective happened consistently....in religions, big business, politics, etc.

It must be the reason I shy away from these areas.....