Bend, tuck, and roll

Well… there’s an upside AND a downside to being sick.

The upside is that it doesn’t take much for me to fall asleep… for the most part.

The downside is that I break out into random temperature changes that result in shivering and spontaneous sweating.

There IS no middle ground, either, NOR is there mercy.

So, here I was, contemplating leaving my car a few minutes before my job interview and it is POURING RAIN outside.

No mercy.

I clammer out of my car, holding an umbrella, bag, and purse, while juggling a bottle of water and my keys.

The rain is literally coming down sideways, soaking my left leg and arm.

No mercy.

When I FINALLY get into the building, I go into the bathroom and my hair is–SOAKING WET.

Shit.

Again, NO mercy.

I tie it back, partially, and head down the hallway to the office.

When I finally get into the office, I am directed to a table and sit.

That’s when I shift from cold to sweating.

DURING MY JOB INTERVIEW.

Shit.  Definitely NO mercy.

I apologize fifty times and the interviewer hands me a tissue box.  I begin to blot.  I want to cry when I realize that my hair is STILL wet and I probably look like a horrific mess… AND I’m congested and still have this randy cough that sounds as though I’m a choking on a barking wet dog with a frog stuck in its throat.  Did I mention that I’m losing my voice, too?  And, #3’s family birthday thing is THIS Sunday, too?

Absolutely NO mercy.

So, there I was, hair soaked to the scalp (part rain damage and part being sick)… my shirt is sticking to me… my makeup is coming off with each tissue blot, and the interviewer hands me paperwork to fill out.

Even though I had the appearance of being water-logged and sounding like a gravel-chomping Suzanne Plechette… I was hired.

Granted, it’s very part-time (1 class, with the possibility of a 2nd)…  offer no benefits and the salary is per-credit adjunct pay, it’s what I’ve wanted for a LONG LONG time… a chance to teach on the college level… and only a few minutes from my house. (YEY)

So, in the fall, I will be an official college instructor. (GO ME!)

If I knew that being sick and having random cold/sweating episodes would have gotten me a job earlier, I would have started doing this YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARS ago.

*coughs*

Still, I promised the interviewer that I do not usually break out in random sweating, followed by a barking wet dog cough.  She laughed and said that she gets like that as well when she’s sick.

There IS a person who feels mercy for people.  Thank you… *weeps*

Anyway…

I wanted to update before I cracked open the book and began to do my research so that I can start writing my lessons.

WOW.  I can’t believe it.  I’m gonna teach COLLEGE. 

Remember… baby steps.  I may just be an adjunct now, but given time, I could be the Queen of all Adjuncts.

*grins*