Last night I was exhausted again for no reason. At 10 pm, I couldn’t keep my eyes open, and fell asleep. I slept like the dead until 8 am. I woke up feeling, while not too sick, not too well, either. In addition to my extreme nasal congestion, I had a sort-of sore thought, a headache, and a lack of energy. I wanted to just lay around all day, but I had to go to the CELTA orientation session.

They’re starting us right out on day 1, so that had us all meet the day before for four hours to get to know each other, do administrative stuff, and get our teaching points for day 1. That’s right, I will have to teach tomorrow. A group of 12 intermediate students. In addition, five of my peers will be observing, and our instructor. We’re all doing a 15 minute chunk of a two hour lesson, and we will be following a pre-made plan, so it shouldn’t be too bad. But still, they are real students, which means they will be unpredictable.

I was feeling foggy and distant all day, but about halfway through a very bad headache set in. It didn’t feel like a normal headache, but a fever headache. After I stumbled home, I took my temperature, and sure enough, had a fever of 99.8F. Great, another symptom. Hopefully this means I will be getting better soon. It will suck having to teach while my brain is at reduced capacity. It’s 10 and I’m going to go to bed now. The rock concert at the school next to my building just finished, so I should be able to sleep well. Hopefully I will wake up bright eyed and bushy tailed.