Again...again....again!!!!!!!!

[silver]

This last week has been an emet's form of hell for me...I have posted this before, but 4 times in one week I have had to confront my fear...today (it gets better). I got to work and three of my coworkers have a stomach bug and one of the clients is running around saying that she doesn't feel well and that her kid has the sv* too. I don't know how I am still making it at this point, I guess that we really are a lot stronger than we think sometimes. I am really tired of working in such a sickly work environment though...I don't understand, everyone is always sick here!!

[swheeler25]

Silver, I don't know if you remember me, but I am the teacher who has been confronted with sv* and v* for 2 weeks now. These parents are sending their kids to school v*. I am getting out of my sickly enviornment. My last day as a teacher will be Dec. 21. I am tired of having to suffer for the mistakes of others. If they don't know how to stay healthy, I am not going to catch everything they bring in my classroom. Do you have other job options? A lot of adults fake being sick to get out of work. I know a lot of teachers use their kids being sick as an excuse to go home. Maybe they just want a short work week. Hang in there! Kim

[silver]

Hey, I don't blame you Kim! It is absolutely ridiculous that people send their kids to school sick, no matter what it is. It is really frustrating, but I have no intentions of quitting because I really do enjoy most aspects of my job (minus everyone sick all of the time). The unfortunate thing is that it isn't just my job where everyone is sick...I live in NM and for the most part, most people here are very low-income. People send their kids to school sick because they don't have another choice, the education level is low and people go out sick all of the time and they aren't educated enough about health to know that they are contagious (or even what that means for that matter.) When a flu goes around down here, everyone gets sick, they close schools fairly often, etc. I don't know if the fact that it is warmer down here has anything to do with it or not. Its not just my job, I would have to move out of the area too!! I figure it is making my immune system stronger, but I am just tired of it!! I am tired of catching stuff all of the time and feeling run down... I know that my posts have become a real pity party lately, but I have been having a rough time lately with a lot of different areas in my life and I feel really stressed. Thanks for the support guys.

[swheeler25]

I live in Rome, GA, northwest of Atlanta. We have a lot of uneducated people in my town as well. There are a lot of upper middle class sections of town, but most of those students go to the3 private schools we have here. I am like you, I am just TIRED! If it is not a sv*, then it is an upper respiratory illness. All contagious of course. I was a nurse for 12 years before I became a teacher. I never got sick. My body can't take the anxiety of catching these bugs anymore. I have lost weight, I cry a lot, and I am miserable. It's great that you love your job. It will sustain you through the hard days. I am having a tough time in my life too. My family isn't very understanding of emet, so it makes it hard. I just know everything will get better.Please read Psalm 91, it will make you feel protected and comforted. Kim

[silver]

My favorite Psalm!

[pianolover]

WOW! Mine too! When I thought I had food poisoning acouple years ago and I was fighting with everything in me not to v*, I made my friend read me Psalm 91 over and over again!

[ginger_saves]

Swheeler, you were very brave. I could never be a schooteacher. You are making the right decision. Any job that is making you depressed, anxiety and stressed is not where you need to be. That is why I am looking,too! That is another topic...anyway, I feel bad that you and silver have to put up with this sv issue. At my work, there aren't many mothers ( or women really) that complain of their kids being sick. The last time I saw a kid sick with an sv was at a Bickford's with my family.The kid was sitting right next to me and threw up his oatmealall over his bowl and started crying. His aunt was with him and was trying to calm him down and was acting like it was no big deal. She was acting all ghetto like and not doing a good job to clean it up. Some bus boy came and cleaned most up and thank god sprayed some disinfectant type of spray thatkilled anypossible odor,too.I can't believe I managed to sit there because the food didn't arrive yet. I guess I was trying to excuse the incident because he was only about 2-3 years of age..it still made me gag and queasy as f** though.





By the way, where can I read this psalm? Any good link? I'd like to see it! Thanks.Edited by: ginger_saves

[xxsophiaxx]

What's Psalm 91? Could someone please post the bible verse on here or PM it to me? lol I don't memorize any bible verses, and I'm too lazy to look in the bible now.

[madisonsmom]

here it is
<CENTER>Psalms
Chapter 91</CENTER>
<DL compact>
<DT><A name=v1>1 </A>
<DD><SUP>1</SUP> <SUP>2</SUP> You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,
<DT><A name=v2>2 </A>
<DD>Say to the LORD, "My refuge and fortress, my God in whom I trust."
<DT><A name=v3>3 </A>
<DD>God will rescue you from the fowler's snare, from the destroying plague,
<DT><A name=v4>4 </A>
<DD>Will shelter you with pinions, spread wings that you may take refuge; God's faithfulness is a protecting shield.
<DT><A name=v5>5 </A>
<DD>You shall not fear the terror of the night nor the arrow that flies by day,
<DT><A name=v6>6 </A>
<DD>Nor the pestilence that roams in darkness, nor the plague that ravages at noon.
<DT><A name=v7>7 </A>
<DD>Though a thousand fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, near you it shall not come.
<DT><A name=v8>8 </A>
<DD>You need simply watch; the punishment of the wicked you will see.
<DT><A name=v9>9 </A>
<DD>You have the LORD for your refuge; you have made the Most High your stronghold.
<DT><A name=v10>10 </A>
<DD>No evil shall befall you, no affliction come near your tent.
<DT><A name=v11>11 </A>
<DD><SUP>3</SUP> For God commands the angels to guard you in all your ways.
<DT><A name=v12>12 </A>
<DD>With their hands they shall support you, lest you strike your foot against a stone.
<DT><A name=v13>13 </A>
<DD>You shall tread upon the asp and the viper, trample the lion and the dragon.
<DT><A name=v14>14 </A>
<DD>Whoever clings to me I will deliver; whoever knows my name I will set on high.
<DT><A name=v15>15 </A>
<DD>All who call upon me I will answer; I will be with them in distress; I will deliver them and give them honor.
<DT><A name=v16>16 </A>
<DD>With length of days I will satisfy them and show them my saving power. </DD></DL>


Source: New American Bible (online)