Man, I haven't had such a wham in a long time. That biopsy took a whack out of me. And of course, it wasn't a day when I could stay home. I had two classes to teach, and I knew I had to get there early to reset the room from a class yesterday. I arrived at 7 am and made a warm cup of green ginger tea. Then I struggled to adjust the wires under the console and rehook the computer to the LED screen. Done. I made sure the handouts were there and finished just in time for the class. I moved from class to class to desk to desk. Somewhere around 11 am I had a terrible dizzy spell and had to go sit on the bathroom floor for a few minutes and run cold water over my face. Fortunately it passed, but I felt like I had been hit by a truck.
Maybe this is not from the biopsy. Maybe I am coming down with something. By 2 in the afternoon, I told the intern that I wasn't feeling well and would he mind taking the ref desk on his own? He has been with us since the beginning of the semester and seems pretty comfortable with things. He assured me he would be fine.
I wobbled to my office to pack things up, and got sucked into question after question after problem. I finally disengaged at 4 and beat it out the door. The other reference librarian had arrived by then anyway, so I knew she would handle things. By that time I felt lightheaded, my legs were rubbery, and I was very glad I only live a block away! Time to go home and lie down.
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