It All Comes to a Head

Literally.

This morning, I woke up after 8 hours sleeping feeling unrested and with a headache. In the made rush of the morning, I forgot to take a Tylenol on the way out the door. By lunchtime, it was a full-on migraine. 2 hours later, at the end of the day, I was reading aloud to my kids when I got lightheaded. I left my special ed teacher to dismiss that class, and took a few minutes to splash cold water on my neck to cool down. That was enough to get me through the last 10 minutes, though it didn't do anymore than combat the lightheadedness. Then it was a meeting with a parent. Then it was covering all posters and aids in my room with paper, to prepare for the Stanford 10 testing starting on Monday. Then it was an hour and a half of planning with my special ed teacher for next week. It was 5:30 when I finally left the school. By the time I walked in the apartment door 15 minutes later, I was near tears. 2 extra strength Advil Migraine and an hour laying on the couch, and it was about 7:00 when I felt normalish again. Or at least normal enough that I could sit up.

I don't get migraines often, and they're usually the result of stress overload. I'm sure that's what brought on today's, too. Three weeks of feeling slightly overwhelmed finally added up. I'm looking forward to my weekend of much needed rest and being just plain ol' me instead of professional me.

God bless Advil.