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kathryn

kathryn

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My whole weekend has been spent fighting off a nasty cold (no doubt caught from students who don't wash their hands!). I was pretty draggy yesterday, but today, I've been up a total of 4 hours (got up to feed the cats and give my diabetic cat his insulin, went back to bed, got up around noon for a couple of hours to down some fluids and do nasal irrigation--fun!, slept again 'til around 5, then dug out my personal nasal steamer and worked on those sinuses again).

My muscle hurt, and not in a nice DOMSy kind of way. And I've got chills alternating with sweats. (Just changed the sheets, because who knows what kind of crap I sweated out on them?)

I am firmly convinced that one reason this happened is that I haven't been working up a nice sweat by working out regularly the last couple of weeks.

Pout.
Whimper.
Boo hoo!
 
Kathryn, that's awful!!! I'm glad you were able to sleep a lot today- your poor body has a lot of hard work to do right now!

I hope you wake up feeling much better tomorrow.
 
Get well soon Kathryn...

Are you the French professor? Reason I ask is that my middle son is planning on studying French/languages in college and we are currently scoping out colleges to visit.

Tammy
 
Hope you feel better soon. I know a few people at work wid a code. They just make you feel so tired and yukky. Try to get some sleep.
 
>Are you the French professor? Reason I ask is that my middle
>son is planning on studying French/languages in college and we
>are currently scoping out colleges to visit.
>
>Tammy
>
>
Yep, that's me!
 
I gave it to you.LOL. I just got over the same exact thing and it lasted a whole 7 days.:-( Hope yours doesn't last that long. I love to eat homemade chicken soup when I feel like this, summer or not.
 
Hi Kathryn,

I'm so sorry to hear you're sick. That's exactly the day I had yesterday, so if it's any consolation to you I'm feeling much better today. Get plenty of rest and drink up!!!;)

Take good care--we need you on the forum!!

Michele
 
Kathryn
I hope you feel better soon. I have one grandchild who started all day Kindergarten in a class of 30 who came down with a cold. He is rarely sick. Anyway this is being passed down, I have been coughing and looking for a way to clear my sinuses as well. Sometimes I am lucky and can fight this off quickly. Other times it lingers and drives me crazy. BTW they recently found another teacher so the class has been divided up. I have found over the years of daycare and taking care of grandchildren I am introduced to a lot of viruses.
Diane Sue
http://wd.1ww.us
 
Kathryn ~ I had that same thing! It lasted 7 days for me as well. My DD and DS got it too! Again, 7 was the lucky number. It wasn't fun. We all ended up on antibiotics. I have one son and dh left. I'm praying they don't get it!

I know what you mean about changing the sheets. I have been changing and washing sheets, blankets, etc. for the last three weeks. We all had it on separate weeks.

Hope you feel better really soon! It doesn't seem right to be so sick when the weather is still nice outside, does it?

Dallas
 
It's Monday, and I feel a lot better. Not 100%, but functional enough to go to work (and come home early by cancelliing office hours).

It's amazing what some TLC (zinc lozenges, nasal irrigation and steamiing, 19 hours of sleep, plus a full night of 9 hours!) can do.

But I intend to take it easy still.

I'm dried up, but could theoretically cough up something nsaty during class (Which I hope to avoid doing!! I'll cough it up in my office before going to class).

TMI, I know!
 
This brought back a funny memory. After the first couple of French classes in the 9th grade I changed over to Spanish but I remember the French teacher would rub his finger under his nose and tell us "French is nasal, people, nasal". If that is true then you should at least sound just fine teaching! :)

Seriously, that sounds like one nasty cold. Made me think of the flu, actually!

Glad you're feeling better today!:) :D :D :D
 
"French is nasal, people, nasal". If that is
>true then you should at least sound just fine teaching! :)
>

Actually, no, because when the nose is plugged, you CAN'T say nasals (like "m" and "n"). Hold your nose and try to say "Many men sing" (you'll get something like "beddy ben sig.")

And saying that French is nasal is a bit of an exaggeration, there are only 4 nasal vowels, but in English, we actually nasalize vowels that aren't nasal (say "cat" and "can" very slowly, the "a" in "can" is nasal in preparation for pronouncing the "n"). Canadian French, however, is quite nasal, as they nasalize vowels preceding nasal consonants, just the way Americans do.
 
I hope you get better soon! I have had a NASTY cold that just won't go away. I haven't had a cold in nearly 4 years, so this took me by surprise. Two weeks running and I'm still miserable! My poor dad just got it, too, and I feel terribly. I know he got it from me, even though I've been as careful as possible. He has to work so hard, can't take any time off, and he really suffers.

Speaking of French, do you mind if I ask you how long it took you to learn the language? I'm planning on pursuing Spanish and Italian, but I think I want to learn French, too. Just curious :)

Sara
 
>Speaking of French, do you mind if I ask you how long it took
>you to learn the language? I'm planning on pursuing Spanish
>and Italian, but I think I want to learn French, too.

Learn it to what degree? To become fluent? To "get along" in a French-speaking country?

I studied French for 4 years at college before spending a year in France, and while I could understand everything my teacher said, listening to native speakers (especially films!) was a bit of a reality check for me.

I think no matter how long you study, if you never get to spend an extended time in the country where the language is spoken, you can never really learn it completely.

And some people learn better than others: I was at a French teachers conference in Québec this summer, and attended a session (that I quickly walked out on) where the presenter said she had been teaching French since 1972 (before I even started taking it) and didn't know exactly how she should "Introduire" herself to the audience. The correct verb is "se présenter." "Introduire" means to put something in something...I wondered what she was contemplating sticking herself into.

Short answer (finally!)...for a good basic knowledge to build on and benefit from future stays in a country where the language is spoken, I'd say 3 years of study is the least amount that will get you there.
 
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