2-14

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!  I hope it was a wonderful day for you!

I saw the surgeon this morning.  Oh my, was it early!  I had to get there by 9 am and for me, that is sooooo early.  I am just not a morning girl.  The surgeon thinks the lump is probably a hemotoma like the hospital doctor said.  He said it can take a really long time to heal, like several months.  I will keep an eye on it.

My lovely Sarah has decided that she will only play one song for competition.  In January when we signed her up, her music didn't look too much for her but now, it is so she is only playing her Classical Piece.  She did very well today.  I was very pleased with her.  She is such a wonderful pianist.  I think Katie will really like her playing.  I can't wait to see Katie next week.

Breanna and Natalie will be coming to the Awards Luncheon along with me.  Breanna's mom is also going too.  Breanna is having a bit of trouble with the Last Rose of Summer.  I have a way to help her. Tomorrow I will put it in Finale.  I wonder if I can take the sound file and transfer it.  I am going to see what can be done with Finale.

Well, I need to attend to Breanna's music.

Wednesday 2-13

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day.  I have all my Valentines for my students ready.  Many have already been passed out this week.  I really wanted to have the Valentines all given out by tomorrow but since I was rather ill last week, that just won't happen.  *sigh*  I still have a lingering cough and my voice is not back to normal, but other than that, I am doing just fine.  I am so much better than I was a week ago at this time.  I am really glad that it is almost all over.

I ran into a doorknob this morning.  It still hurts.  I hit my arm.  Sometimes my clumsiness amazes even me.  I hope it doesn't bruise too much.

I also have an appointment with the surgeon tomorrow for the lump in my leg.  I don't know what to expect.  Other doctors, I have a general idea.  Dr. G. said that I will probably have a biopsy done.  I don't really like the sound of that but who knows?  It could be nothing.  I hope it is just another strange symptom of Fibro.  I have to get up early because I have to be there at about 9 am.  Yes, that will be the hardest part!  I can always take a nap when I get home if necessary.  Naps are such lovely things at times.

I think it is time to take some cold medicine and head for bed.  I will read for a bit too.  I finished a really good book yesterday called "Brass Ring" by Diane Chamberlain.  She is an awesome writer and I really like her books.  I have a couple more on my nook to read.  I have a lot of books on my nook to read now.  I really like how you get a free book on Friday.  I don't always get it, but most of the time I do.  I also have gotten a lot of other free books too.  This introduces me to new authors.  I am very weird in that it takes a lot to get me to read new authors.

I hope tomorrow goes well with Dr. L.  I am slightly worried about that spot.  It is a hard lump.  I am sure it is nothing, but it still is worrisome.

A Light Day 2-12

I have 2 students today.  Generally, I only have a few but today is slightly lighter since Samantha has Strep Throat.  Poor kid.  She has just not been so healthy this year.  She was sick over Christmas and then right after Christmas.  It boggles my mind how I used to routinely teach 8 to 10 lessons in a row in a day.  Now after 3 lessons I am wiped out.  I am thankful that at least I do get to teach a small bit.  I really couldn't do anything else.  I do things that help me remember what I need to do during a lesson because the fog can be so bad.  First of all, all students have an assignment book.  This tells me what they practiced for the week and I write down what they need to practice for the following week.  If I need to get out new music, I write it in my planner.  Right now I do need to copy a few things, but I don't have any ink right now.  I will get some in a couple of weeks.  Other things are needed first.  Second of all, the piano books I use are coordinated together so if I do forget what recital song or theory page needs to be done with the lesson page, I can just look at the top of the page and it tells me the pages to assign with the lesson book.  For voice it is a bit more complicated, but not too much more.  I have the order of songs that each student starts with.  They too, have an assignment book.  Often, I will write a note to myself in their books if there is something particular they wish to sing.  Clarinet and Saxophone have method books and they are easy to follow and again, they too, have assignment books.  Without all this writing down stuff, I would be up a creek.  I could not function for that little bit of time each day.  Before lessons and after lessons I must rest in order to have energy while teaching.  I teach during the best time of day for me.  It is a small window everyday about the same time.  Sometimes, I do have to rest between lessons too.  Rest is the key.  Without it, I could not do anything. I must keep track of my pacing.  There are days when I literally have to write down not only what I have to do but at what time I have to do the event.  I also do schedule in rests for me.  They are so necessary for me.  While I may be awake until much later at night, I am not at my best and really, I am only waiting until I am so tired that I may actually sleep for a few hours.  The quality of the sleep is not good so I try to the best I can with it.  I do wake up a lot, as many do with this illness and yes, it is the pain that wakes me.  you would think that will all the different pain medications we take that something would knock out the pain totally.  Unfortunately, it doesn't happen.

Don't get me wrong, I am thankful that I have a chronic condition instead of a terminal condition, but there are days that are painful and I have learned how to live with this.  I am very thankful that none of these conditions will become terminal but it also doesn't diminish the fact that I live with a lot of pain, exhaustion, and a foggy brain.  Sometimes, I think that people can dismiss these conditions because they are chronic and not terminal.

I have begun to taking CLA and Safflower oil gel tabs.  They are supposed to help with weight loss.  Dr. G doesn't really think that they help either way, but since several on my online support group say it helped them, I will give it a good try.  I desperately need to lose about 160 to 180 pounds.  Since exercise is difficult at this point, I have to try something.  I am hopeful that this helps.

It is time for dinner.  I have a lovely Greek chicken salad.  I do really like salads and I don't mind eating them everyday.  It means that I am eating a lot of veggies and I also have protein.

The beginning of another week 2-10

I have begun taking safflower oil and CLA supplements.  I am trying to do things that are healthier for me like taking proper vitamins and supplements.  With all the medicine I do take, vitamins get depleted faster in my body.  I have learned an awful lot from one of the online support groups.  I hope by combining holistic supplements and medicine that I will be able to control my symptoms of fibro and the stuff that goes with it.  I do not believe there is a cure, but I do believe there are ways to have the symptoms be in control.  Yes, some people can reduce their symptoms to almost nothing, but there is no cure.  If there were, all the doctors would know about the cure.  I am trying to be more in charge so to speak about this illness instead of feeling like I am always a step behind.  At least I feel like I am in charge a bit more than before.  From what I have read, you need to give the supplements a few months before they make a difference.  I really hope this helps.  I figure that I know certain foods cause me more pain than others and it is time to really work on eating healthy.  That is what I am working on.

My cold/flu thingy is slowly going away.  I feel much better than I did last week or even yesterday.  I haven't been this sick in so long.  I am rather glad I am getting better.  I hope to not get that again.

Tomorrow, Patrick and Sarah will have their lessons.  Patrick has had 1 lesson so far.  For a first lesson, they did really well.  My lovely Rachel will be absent tomorrow again.  I miss her.  She will be here next week.  Natalie is going to have her make up lesson tomorrow.  She didn't have her lesson on Friday because I was so sick.  She is competing in a couple of weeks.  Sarah will have an hour lesson on Thursday instead of her lesson on Wednesday.  That works best with her schedule.  Sarah plays so nicely.  Breanna is also having an hour lesson this week to get ready for competition.  I must remember to number all of the music for them.  It is a requirement of the competition.  I am excited to see Katie at competition this year.  We are going to have dinner, I think.

I have to remember to pass out the valentine's tomorrow.  I have some for the muglia kids as well as the rest of my students.  I picked the valentines out because they also come with pencils.  I thought that was so cool.  Brave pencils and Fineus and Ferb? pencils, I am not up on these details.  They both came with pencils so that is how I picked them.  Ooh, I probably should get them ready for tomorrow.  There, now they are ready for tomorrow.  I think it is time to get some dinner.  I am getting a bit hungry now.  I hope this week is better than last week.  At least I feel better than I did.  That is something.

Saturday 2-9

The first of the furniture that is going has gone.  The shuffleboard went to the woman who installed the carpet on the stairs for me.  We did a swap.  Her son and his friend came over with a truck to take the shuffleboard.  The two young men were very excited to play it tonight.  Brandon, the woman's son, brought sheets to protect the wood during the traveling process.  I was pleased that he thought ahead to protect the wood.  He even went to get the wax that he needs for the board.  The shuffleboard definitely went to someone who really wants it and will take care of it.

I think I have slept most of the week away, seriously.  Today I was up at 12 noon and back in bed by 1pm.  I woke up again at 5.  I am just very tired at this point.  I do feel better and I am not coughing as much as I was, so this is a good thing.  My ears are not blocked anymore.  Of that, I am really glad about.  I believe I will be able to start teaching on Monday and be back to my regular teaching schedule.  I have Sarah's and Patrick's piano lessons to start off the week.  Natalie's mom would like to have 2 lessons next week to make up for missing this week.  Natalie is competing in 2 weeks at Michigan Music Association.  I am a bit nervous about the competition because I was so sick this week.    Sarah's mom would like to have a make up lesson for Sarah.  Sarah is a beautiful pianist.  She is such a sweet girl too.  Natalie is also a lovely girl.  I love her spirit.  She works hard and I like that a lot.  Natalie does sometimes be too hard on herself, it is a balance between being constructive critical and too critical.  As she develops as a musician, she will learn that balance.

Katie Rose, one of my former students, is planning to come and see some of my students for competition.  Katie competed for several years.  She is a wonderful pianist.  I am happy that she does still play.  We are planning to have dinner together on Saturday.  I will get to spend some time with my busy friend.  It is so cool to be friends with former students.  Katie is now 26.  I can't believe it.  Really, has 8 years gone by since she graduated high school?  Time certainly does fly.  One of the collages I want to have on one of the walls is the one I created for when she graduated high school.  Several of my students were graduating that year.  I had all their senior pictures and Mom and I made a nice collage picture for each of them.  Katie's parents live down the road from me.  They have been very helpful and supportive of me since I lost Momma.  Last night was a bad missing mom night, tonight, just the regular missing mom night.  I want to put up a collage of the pictures that are on my phone.  There are several silly pictures that I took of mom in 2009.  They weren't all taken at the same time, just sometime during that year.  I smile every time I see one of those pictures.  She was such a cute little old lady.  It was interesting how many of my students and their families didn't realize she was a major in the Canadian Army.  She was and mom did very well in the army.  I miss that mom too as well as the mom she became.  I think for some of my family it was difficult to see mom when she had Alzheimer's.  I think it was hard for Richard.  He doesn't do well with any type of illness.  My favorite thing to say to mom was "where is that pretty Momma smile?" and then she would smile.  Mom was a smiling, happy person despite the Alzheimer's.  I made sure she looked very cute at all times.  That is what I would tell her.  When I became in charge of her clothes, I picked out clothes that were mostly Disney since Mom liked Disney so much.  I remember mom had this one pair of pajamas that I just hated.  They were ripped but she kept wearing them.  I finally had to ask mom to stop wearing them because it looked like they were rags with the rips.  I had a new pair of pajamas for her so she said okay and put on the new pair.  I immediately got rid of the old ones.  I was actually afraid that someone would see them and say I was abusing her by making her wear rags.  Mom really liked the new pair and promptly forgot about the old ones.  Once a month we would go and get groceries for the month.  I always checked to see if there was something she wanted.  Sometimes it would be a really cute sweatshirt or t-shirt or pants.  Sometimes she just wanted a treat like a candy bar.  Mom had very little wants.  She was very easy to please with the treats she liked.  That was just mom.

Well, I think I will make a tea and read for a bit.  I love my nook!

Friday 2-8

I have officially cancelled all lessons for the rest of the week.  Wow, I have not had to do that in soooo long but it was very necessary.  I am just wanting to pass along this lovely cold.  I am on the mend so I don't see a problem teaching starting on Monday again.

The carpet is now installed on the 6 stairs to the family room.  I am very happy about that.  The woman and her son did a great job.  They are going to take the shuffleboard.  Her son will be the one to come and pick it up.  They were very happy with the swap.  Since Angela expressed interest in the shuffleboard I thought a swap would be good.  She and Brandon installed the carpet and they get the shuffleboard.  So far most everything has found a new home that needs to find one.

Ooh, I just remembered, I need to get an oil change.  With the new oils that car makers are using, I didn't have to change it until it was at 7500 instead of every 3000 miles.  It is time to change it.  I will do it this week.  I have marked it in my planner.  I meant to do this a couple of weeks ago, but I forgot.

Bill and Calli are here bringing some more things.  Calli is organizing the pantry.  Fortunately, the 4 cabinets are not full.  Actually, they are pretty empty so that is a good thing.  We will have plenty of room.  Today's load was some food for the pantry and boxes of books.  Some were Calli's.  Her books are huge.  For Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island, there are several volumes because braille books take more space.  I am really glad she likes to read.  Acer is doing really well with reading too.  Acer is under the weather too just like me.  Slowly, everything is getting done.  I have to remember to take a picture of the sofa for Karlyn.  I am hoping that Karen will be coming and getting the elliptical this weekend.  If not, that is okay, she will get it soon.  Things are falling into place.  I am pleased with the progress.

Calli was cute this evening.  She said that Bill is not ready for her to be a teenager.  I had to agree with him!  I am so not ready for her to be a teenager.  I imagine Heather isn't ready either.  Sometimes, it seems like yesterday she arrived from China and others it is like she has been here forever same with Acer.  Calli and I are the same height now.  Yes, Calli is very happy about that, no surprise there.  Acer is still sick too.  He didn't have to go to school today because it was a snow day.  When I woke up this afternoon, my driveway, front walkway, and other sidewalks were cleared.

My pain level hasn't been too high this week.  I am surprised that I didn't get a flare with this cold/flu/whatever it is.  I am thankful that I didn't.  My headache isn't so bad this week.  I think it is because of the antibiotics and other medicines.  I am watching the spot on my leg very carefully.  I am really not up for it to be worse.  I can't really tell at this time if the spot is getting better or not.  I figure I started the antibiotic on Tuesday so maybe by tomorrow I will be able to see if it is getting better.  I sure hope so.  I don't think I am up for anything else to be wrong with me.  I really am not.  This is the 3rd time I have had an infection under the skin.  One in September 2010, another in October 2012, and now.

I am watching Law and Order SVU.  It is the usual show for this day.  I have seen most of the episodes and really, often the TV is on just for noise.  I finished reading this book on nutrition and weight loss.  It was interesting and I think I learned something from it.  I will be starting a food journal starting tomorrow.  Right now, I am not eating a whole lot since I don't feel so well.  I figure that by tomorrow should be better, if not, I will wait until I am completely healthy.  I have started taking some supplements to help with managing the symptoms of Fibro.  I don't think I can lose anything by trying something new.  Between the medicine and supplements, I often feel that I take a pharmacy of pills but there isn't anything at this time I can stop taking.  I am hoping by continuing to work on weight loss I will also be able to stop taking so much medicine.  That is my goal anyway.  On one of the support facebook pages they talk a lot about supplements and vitamins.  So much of the medicine we take either depletes vitamins or makes up gain weight or it just doesn't work.  At this point, I feel like in order to take charge of my fibro, I need to read up on all this stuff.  i really like the page that discusses holistic alternatives.

Well, I know have a bad headache.  I didn't when I started writing this post, but I do now.  Time to rest some more.

What a crazy week!! 2-7

This has been an insane type of week.  I am finally starting to feel a bit better.  If I feel like this tomorrow, I will be able to teach, no problem.  I have been on antibiotics for 2 full days now so that won't be an issue.  I am hopeful for that.  I only have 3 students tomorrow and 2 on Saturday so it isn't like earlier in the week where there were 4 or so.  I am not coughing as much as I was yesterday.  I did have to go and get some more of the nighttime medicine.  I meant to do my laundry today, but I am just so exhausted that I will do it tomorrow.

I am watching project runway.  I like this show.  Some of the fashions they come up with are interesting.  They aren't always something I would wear, but it doesn't have to be.  They are just interesting.  The show reminds me of Lydia every week since she is so into fashion and make up and sewing.  Lydia is a wonderful girl.  The luncheon we went to on Sunday was so much fun.  It really was.  I enjoyed spending time with the girls and their friends.  I finally got to meet Gabrielle.  She is a sweet girl and it is because of her that I was able to re-connect with Star.  When I was first on face book, I had Hannah, Natalie, and Lydia as face book friends.  Their friend Gabrielle friended me.  We would have little bits of conversations on face book.  The girls have a drafting board at their house that they are now using for art and design.  Hannah and Natalie are doing very well at their art classes.  All three of the older girls have decided to stop taking lessons right now and just learn on their own.  This leaves room for Sarah and Patrick to be able to have lessons every other week instead of once a month. I really like that idea a lot as both are younger and sometimes waiting a whole month they forget what they are doing or they are so confused.  This every other week will be so much better.  That is what we did when the older 3 were small.  Laura feels that Patrick gave me my cold.  I think it was just a bunch of things that added up to the reason I got the cold.  It doesn't seem to matter why, it just matters that I got it and that I am getting better.  I slept a lot today.  I really needed it.

Tomorrow, the carpet for the stairs is supposed to be installed.  I sure hope it is going to.  I really am.  It is just one more thing on my list of things to do.  Bill was here earlier today with some of their stuff.  He chuckled and said it would be an unusual thing for him, to actually have his clothes in his own closet.  I did have to chuckle on that.  I really did.  I, of course, will actually have to take my clothes out of the dryer and put them away in my room, unlike what I do now, which is leave them in there and take what I need for the next day out.  I have to wash a couple sets of sheets and fold them so that I can take my laundry bin back into my bedroom.  Silly Heathers, I have not had the laundry bin in my room for a really long time.  Also, that big pile of clothes on the dryer, yeah, they are going to have to go upstairs in my room too.  I am going to see if Calli can come and help me organize my drawers so I have room for my stuff.  I have clothes that don't fit in the drawers and I need to get rid of them.  Some will be donated, others will be tossed.  Some of them aren't good enough to donate so those Calli and I can just toss them.  Calli is a very helpful girl.  She likes to help.  I can't believe that she will be 13 next month!  Seriously, wasn't she just turning 10?  It sure seems that way.  Of course, it seems like yesterday Acer was 4 almost 5 and now he is 8.

Karlyn is going to be coming up in the next few weekends to come and get the living room furniture.  She likes it and there are 6 pieces plus two lamps.  She is aware that the lamps need new shades and the  cushions all need to be re-stuffed.  She isn't sure they would have room for the stair climber.  Karlyn is disappointed about that but the decision hasn't been completely made so maybe she will be able to take it too.  Karen is coming on the weekend to pick up the Elliptical.  She is very happy about that.  I know Lisa also wanted it, but Karen asked first so that is who gets it.  After the 14th, Wendy will be picking up the table and chairs.  Ray is out of town until then.  So far, things are really working out well.  We are slowly clearing out what needs to be cleared out and bringing in what needs to be brought in.  I think it is working well.  I want to spend a lot of time this winter deciding what pictures of my family and friends up.  The family room doesn't have anything on the walls.  Not one picture and I really think I would like pictures up.  I have a collage in mind for Mom.  I took some silly pictures of her in 2009 on different days.  I want to put them in a collage.  I also have some pictures of Mom when she was a little girl.  The youngest picture I have is when she was 3.  There are 3 pictures of her with her dad and she is making faces.  It is so Mom.  Mom was always making faces at us when we were small.  I also think that I would like some pictures of us when we were young, as well as pictures of friends.  I think it will add something to our us.  I haven't really been able to do anything with pictures because it hurt so much.  I miss Mom so much that it began to hurt to see her pictures.  Now, it doesn't or at least not as much.

I have all my valentine's done.  Since next Thursday is Valentine's Day, it was important to have them all finished for tomorrow.  This year, unlike last year, I will be able to give the students' their Valentine's before Valentine's Day.  This year I picked Valentine's that also come with Pencils.  I thought that was a nice surprise.

Well, I am getting a bit tired.  I think I will have another tea and finish watching Project Runway.  I may even read for a bit.

Midweek 2-6

I had to cancel lessons again for tomorrow.  I am finally starting to feel a bit better, but I sound horrible.  I am losing my voice now.  I am sure students will be very happy about that.  I am pretty sure I will not be singing in choir tomorrow night.  I have already said I won't be there.  I do hope that I will be teaching on Friday.  I have not had to cancel this many lessons in years.  I hope not to have to this again in many years.  I do believe I am on the mend today.  My ribs hurt really bad though from the constant coughing I have been doing in the past few days.  I did run out of tissue in my room last night though.  I meant to get more yesterday but I forgot.  What can I say?  Whoops?  So I did have to go out today to get some.  I don't plan on going out anytime tomorrow or this evening.  I have enough tea, I have my medicines, I have some food, basically, I have what I need.  I am hoping that resting 4 days in a row, I will be perked and ready to go on Friday.  I had to cancel my doctor appointment tomorrow.  I will reschedule for next week.  I couldn't go in with this cough.  Friday will be the carpet installation day.  I am really looking forward to that.  I will FINALLY have carpet on those 6 stairs to the family room and office.  I am really looking forward to having this job done.  I am not sure if the woman who is installing the carpet still wants the shuffleboard or not.  If she doesn't, then Wendy will take it.  Basically, things are really falling into place now.  I had to cancel Jen coming today because of my cold.  One - it is really unfair to have someone come to help you when you are coughing like a madman and two - I wasn't feeling up to any of this at all.  Jen and I have rescheduled for next Wednesday.  So many are sick right now too with this cold to hot to cold to hot and back to cold weather we are having.  I should have known better and worn a coat when I raced to the store.

I am trying to decide which of Mom's paintings I want to keep and where I want them.  I want to exchange them for pictures of family and friends.  I love her paintings, but I also love pictures of her.  I have several pictures that I took of Mom in 2009 on my phone.  I want to print them and then put them in a frame.  They are of her smiling and being silly.  I really like the pictures of her.  I am not a great photographer, but I think they turned out really cool and I smile when I see them.

Anyways, time for some dinner.  I am actually a bit hungry for a change since I haven't been since Sunday night.  I also need to do some laundry so I am off to do that after dinner!  I sure hope that everyone is healthier than me!!!

Still Sick

I am still sick.  I had to cancel lessons for tomorrow also.  I am getting somewhat better, but still coughing like a mad woman.  I am watching Castle and drinking Earl Grey tea.  It is one of my favorite teas ever.  I hope everyone else is healthy.

No Lessons for the Day 2-4

Well, I had to cancel lessons for today and tomorrow.  I am hoping by Wednesday I will be a happier camper and ready to teach.  I do have an appointment tomorrow with the doctor about the spot on my leg.  It is still there.  I don't get it.  I hope it is not an infection or anything like that, but who knows, this is me and weird stuff happens.  Nature of the lovely chronic illnesses, I suppose.  Anyways, I do feel a bit better right now and I am not coughing as much as I was so I am glad about that.  I am very thankful that the coughing isn't so bad.

So far, the downsizing is going well.  I have to take a few pictures for Karlyn.  She is interested in the formal living room set.  She knows that the cushions need to be re-stuffed so that is good.  Patty is taking the full size bed frame, headboard, and foot board.  Karlyn is also interested in the stair climber and the twin size bed frame and headboard.  I have a picture of that already.  I just have to go downstairs tomorrow when it is light out to take the picture.  Almost everything we need to find a new home has found a new home.

Well, I think I am going to make another tea and then head back to bed, again, for about the 3rd time today.  I have to get up a bit early for the doctor appointment but then I can come home and rest. Fortunately, the pain levels aren't too much higher than normal.  I am so thankful for that.

The Start of Another Week 2-3

Well, I officially have a cold.  I am thankful it is only a cold as a cold starts off the same as the vasculitis does.  I do believe I have missed the vasculitis again.  I never want that one again, ever.  It was awful and very painful not to mention how ugly the rash looks.  Yes, despite being a chub, I am slightly vain when it comes to rashes.  I have started coughing now so I am hoping the nighttime medicine will help me feel better.  I can hope, can't I?

Other than my cold, things are coming along.  I posted on face book posts asking if any of my friends or family wanted some stuff that I have.  Wow, most of the stuff that I need to find a new home for has been spoken for.  Whoa, talk about timing!  Things are really working out here.  I am pleased with this progress.

The weather this week has been so insane.  I am not sure if we are getting more snow or not.  It is supposed to be colder than this week, which is understandable as it is February.

I had a lovely afternoon with the Muglia girls and some of their friends.  We met up at a restaurant for a ladies only luncheon.  Lydia is turning 16 next Saturday and it was also her aunt's birthday.  It was a really nice afternoon.  I got Lydia some makeup.  She likes makeup a lot so I got her some fun eye shadows and lip gloss.  Lydia is also our fashion girl.  She is doing really well with sewing.  At this point she is considering fashion design.  Since Lydia is a sophmore, she has a few years to finalize her plans for the future.  I finally got to meet the girls friend, Gabrielle.  We are face book friends but it was nice to finally meet her in person.  She is a sweet girl.  I am thankful that I am face book friends with Gabrielle because it was through her that I re-connected with Star.  So all in all, it was a good thing.

If I don't feel better tomorrow, I will have to reschedule lessons.  I am hoping to feel better.  I will know tomorrow.  Right now, I am going to have a tea and shortly get ready for bed.