Back to it!

School's almost back.
I am starting at my NEW school.
I should be super excited with a side of nervous, right?
I am, but...I am fucking sick. Pharyngitis-y type of sick. The GP couldn't quite pinpoint it. All I know is...I have a really sore throat though, and have done since Thursday last week.

Between then and now, I have been across the border to VIC, for the Ballarat Beer Festival.
It was good. I took it easy (though, we went a bit hard the night we arrived, due to excitement). Luckily there were not too many stouts available (my 'go to' beer, no matter the time of year). Instead I was in love with the goses. Stomping Ground's Watermelon Gose was an absolute delight! My pick of the day for sure. One of my Instagram posts was used by a brewery to thank people for coming to their stand...check out 'madsascha' if you want to follow me on Instagram...I post Bowie (our cat), beer and shit that looks good.

Ballarat is a great little place and it would have been nice to spend more time there. I did spend a hell of a lot of time in the A/C. The drive there was about 7 hours, and at a few points, up to 46degrees outside. We slept with the A/C on too, as our room was small and it was difficult to get the airflow flowing.

Now I bloody love the A/C. Boy, do I embrace the stuff. However, not so much when there's a sore throat about. What I am saying is, I think it made me worse.

Unfortunately, I had to cancel my attendance to two really good PDs (Professional Development) this week, because of being sick. So I am pissed off about that. One was with an academic who is a queen in the land of ASD and education and support for families and schools and just full of awesomeness. She is on the spectrum herself and so it would have been a great PD.

I am currently waiting on the test results for the JC Virus - you know, the one I need to get done every 6 months, that gets sent to the Netherlands or something and gives me peace of mind about not getting the rare brain infection, PML, which could potentially leave me several disabled or dead, so that's why I need the valium when I get my infusion...yeah, that one.

Other than these things, I have returned to Pilates and the gym (maybe it's that place that made me sick!?), but of course I need to cease that for the minute while I rest and get the fuck better.

I am super excited about beginning at my new school, I can barely describe it. I am just really inconvenienced by being sick at the moment and it's dampening my mood. But, shit happens, and we move on and get on with it, right? And to think I am about to endeavour on a journey with up to 12 young people, most of which are going through or have been through some kind of trauma...I should really just STFU and stop complaining.

Keep cool kids, things are gonna heat up again this week.