Boy, being unemployed sure is a lot of work. To sum up, I've spent most of my hiatus coughing and focusing on breathing. You all heard about my last health challenge by now, and you'll be pleased to hear that my last trip to the doc seems to have ironed that bit out for the most part. My lungs seem fine (treated at least) and the problem was an episode of 'cough syncope', which is merely coughing till you pass out. The cause is most likely my throat is so raw from the prolonged illness in August that everything sets me off. The way to treat it is stop the cough long enough for the throat to heal. Some extra strength cough syrup seems to be doing the trick.

The paperwork for subbing is being pushed, so we're still waiting on that.

I am the new 6th and 7th grade coach for Ellice's school, and that is proving challenging as it's all on my shoulders for setting up the practices and working things out. It seems that few really know what is going on with the thing, and no one else really wants to get involved. Fortunately, I will be getting assistance from one teacher, but so far its been difficult coordinating with her.