Our computer crashed yesterday and I've lost all our bookmarks, email addresses and email messages. So, if you're reading this, send us a quick message so we'll have your address again. Thanks.
Well, I didn't fall asleep at Algonquin last night, but I was pretty disjointed. It's hard to be coherent on only a few hours of sleep. Oh well. Hopefully the students got something out of it anyway.
I went to the doctor yesterday and it seems that I'm a bit anemic. I took a huge iron supplement last night and I have to say that I feel better already. Hopefully my energy will pick back up quickly. I'd been having all sorts of dizzy spells and was pretty shaky. I'm glad to find a solution to it.
Oh what a night! Devon woke up with an awful barky cough and wheezing. We called the Parent Infoline and they told us to sit her in the bathroom with the hot shower running for 20 minutes and that would help. It didn't help and by the time we called back they were closed for the night. So, being the panicky first-time parents that we are, we bundled her up and headed to CHEO. Four hours later (at 3:30am), we were still sitting in the waiting room with a very awake baby. So, we gave up.
The nurse in admissions said that she thinks it's croup and after all the reading I've done this morning I think Dr. Leah can confirm her diagnosis. I guess it's not too serious. We'll keep her humidifier running and watch her temperature. If she's really bad again tonight, I'll make an appointment with our pediatrician.
Sadly, I have to speak to a class at Algonquin tonight on fundraising from foundations. I'm really hoping that I don't fall asleep halfway through. The students are supposed to do that, not me. Anyway, this is a class that I've done twice before (about 4 or 5 years ago). I always enjoy it and it's a subject I know really well.
Ten years ago, I never would have believed that I could get up in front of people and talk. I was an extremely shy child and would get literally sick to my stomach at the thought of having to say anything in front of my class..even just being asked to answer a question made my head spin. Wanna know how I got over it? Exactly five days into my job with the Aga Khan Foundation, I was sent off on a muti-city tour of Canada. In 6 different cities, on 6 different nights, I had to get up in front of dozens of volunteers and talk to them about AKFC and the Partnership Walk. I had no idea what I was talking about, but I did it and it got easier every night. Training volunteers was one of my main rolls and by the time I left AKFC, I was a pro at speaking in front of a crowd. I could make them laugh, I could make them pay attention, I was adept at inserting pauses in all the right places, I didn't need notes and, most importantly, I didn't turn bright red and start to shake. Now I really enjoy talking in front of people. I still get the butterflies, but that's only normal. How times have changed.
Well, I think I'll go and have some more coffee. I'm starting to get one of those yucky headaches you get when you're exhausted.
P.S. Devon is crawling...and the head nodding continues.
