"I'm glad that's over with."

[derien]

Okay, sorry if this is TMI, but I might have mentioned before that sometimes I get bad menstruel cramps. This time I screwed around with my pills while I was on vaca so that I could put off my period until I got back, and yesterday I paid for that big time. Meanwhile, recertification testing had begun while I was gone, so on coming back, Monday, I was informed I would have to take a test on the subject I teach, and all day Monday everyone who'd taken it already kept telling me how very difficult it was, and that two people had flunked it and I would have to work with them to help them get ready to take it again. I begged to be allowed to take it myself, first, so they let me wait until yesterday... when the cramps and misery were in full swing. I felt like I'd been pulled backward through a wringer as I was going in to my test. I couldn't even interpret simple instructions Pheobe was giving me about how to start the test.

Got done with all 35 questions in like 15 minutes. Went back and checked all my answers, because all the co-workers had made me so jittery that maybe I was misunderstanding things. Changed one answer. I won't say it was easy, by any means - the sentences were complex. But, I got 100%. Which was what everyone else seemed to expect of me, but seriously it DID surprise me - I don't seem to test so well, these days. Then had lunch and immediately after started in tutoring people. Which lasted an hour and a half. By the time we were done I felt as though what little grey matter I have was trickling out my ears. Gosh I hope I helped them. It seemed like they got the concepts, but the real trick with this test seems to be reading comprehension, not the concepts. Which seems unfair to me.

Comments

[derien.livejournal.com]

God, that does sound horrible. I can't imagine what the cayenne would do! Could you take it with lemonade, like that diet drink that people do?

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

I suppose you could - the only thing I could think of is that the fizz would make it difficult to drink down in one (believe me, if you stop halfway through it's almost impossible to take the next mouthful ;-)

I got your letter, thanks! It sounds like a fun holiday, even with the ash cloud. Did Virgin Atlantic reimburse you yet?

[derien.livejournal.com]

Oh, I forgot, you have fizzy lemonade, there. That took me by surprise a bit! No, what I was thinking of was this fasting drink that people use (my coworker is doing it again, this week) where you drink water with lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne.

No reimbursement yet - I only photocopied all our receipts yesterday. I think Eor is looking up the address to send them to, but I should probably write up some notes on some of them. Though I don't expect them to deny us - I do think we were reasonable.

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

I guess it would work with that!

Did you see that RyanAir was trying to get out of paying for its passengers? They had to eventually, but I bet all the airlines lobby for a change in the regulations after this.

[derien.livejournal.com]

It would be a shame if they changed regulations, because I've been talking it up to all my coworkers that, if they ever get the chance, to use a British or European airline rather than an American one, because if something happens you're covered. They could get a bigger share of the market pie from this event, and another event like this might not happen for a while so chances are they won't be impoverished. (Unless this really is the end times. If it is I can only hope I get stuck on that side of the pond again when it all falls apart for real.)