i survived my first teaching job!

Yesterday was my first time working as an English substitute teacher! I'm not going to lie, I worked 5 hours and by the end of the day my bad knee was KILLING me and my hip was bothering me. I got home quite late and I was EXHAUSTED so I (and it's very bad, I know) went to bed without doing any of the things I normally do for recovery (tapping, using ice packs or something warm, massages etc) and today i woke up feeling not great but also it could have been worse, you know?

I got called today and I was asked if I could go and sub for two hours, I said yes. After my first class I was asked if I could stay FOUR hours more because other teachers were absent and they needed someone to cover for them – since i need the money, I said yes.

Now I'm back home, too exhausted to move and do anything (even when I know it'd help tomorrow me). My ankles are killing me and so are my feet, my knee is absolutely on fire and there's something wrong with my shoulder (maybe a rib is popping up there, who knows) but I'm really happy. I was feeling super discouraged and useless lately since I'm quite old and I don't seem able to get a job (or, realistically, even if i got a job I don't think my body can keep up) but now I feel better about myself, even though I'm in pain.

Tomorrow I'll deal with all this (my body lol) but hopefully I'll recover fast and I'll able to be back to full health (or what is call full health) in a few days!