ok…. so I started calling it the zombie pig flu from the start, because people are acting like they expect zombie pigs to be roaming the street infecting everyone and creating more zombie pig human hybrid things. its just ridiculous the amount of fear and paranoia everywhere. it just keeps escalating and escalating. our schools have been closed for two weeks now, though the older kids they let go back yesterday. my son will start school on Monday in theory. I will go back to teaching then as well.

so we had a teachers meeting today, sort of a pre-return to school thing. all kinds of new regulations are coming down the pike, as flu cases are confirmed. apparently we got the results back in the city I live in, and there are 35 confirmed cases of swine flu. of course, this out of over 6 million people is not very much. but it is enough to cause quite a panic. So they are requiring all students and teachers to wear masks to school, bring tissues and antibacterial hand stuff. we have forms to fill out for each child each day to check for illness, and may or may not be allowed to run the AC. there is conflicting information about that. of course, i will die if we can’t run the AC, not to mention the kids are going to be absolutely out of control. upstairs in my school is very very hot, as well as in the trailers. there are no fans, and right now is 40 degrees C each day. with 75 percent humidity. thats about 104 degrees F. i can’t imagine wearing stupid masks that do NOTHING, stuck in a hot room like that, with no AC and no fans trying to teach a class. Not to mention my kids are not going to understand anything I am saying with a mask on my face. I teach English as a second language, and the kids need to see my face and read my lips to truly understand me.

also, all activities have been canceled, including all graduations and celebrations. I am not too unhappy about that though. will save me some serious money and time for sure. though I am not convinced they will not turn around and cancel school for the rest of the year. it will probably happen. I don’t mind not going back to work for the rest of the year, especially if I managed to get paid for it anyways. i detest the school and all the drama that goes on there. my son’s finals have been canceled, but i have to write exams for my kids, because we go longer in the year then him. I am keeping my fingers crossed things will be easy from this point out though. i am just going to coast along and see. and not be freaking out waiting for the zombie pigs to swarm the neighborhood.