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My mind has been all over the place. I got home today and I couldn't sleep. I was sore all over (still am). Even my throat is sore. It feels like strep throat, again. It seems as though every time I get my allergies, I get strep throat to go along with it! 

I should be sleeping as I have to be back at work for 3:30 pm today. I'll be finishing up when the rest of the crew will be starting, so at least I will get to see them before they go to work. As far as I know there are only two guys still working there from when I used to work there seven years ago. 

Oh, before I continue... Someone asked me a question on formspring... 

Q: Do you get nervous when you try to stand up for yourself?

A: Actually, yes. I do get nervous because you can never tell what the person's reaction is going to be... The person you're standing up to. That's probably why I don't stand up for myself as often as I should!

Anyway, it's not that bad, just a lot of work. There are bathrooms which aren't that bad because they are in a new building and they are new toilets. The day crew keep them clean because they have to patrol them every hour. Which sounds stupid... It does. Probably because people might be tempted to write on the bathroom stalls... Yes, it is a college, but I had to wash black marker off a brand new white table the other night.... I have to wipe down chairs and you should see how black the cloth gets after that!

Speaking of cloths... I had a note on my cart when I got in... "Please don't dirty my rags! I use them for bathrooms and others!" First of all, yes the rags are going to get dirty. That is what they are for. Secondly, what the heck does the person think I use them for if they feel the need to tell me what they use them for? So now, I have to rinse the rags out before I leave. An extra chore on my list of chores. Which sucks because it's almost impossible to get a used rag looking brand new again after a night's work. 

Anyways, enough about work for now. I just had to write about it a bit because it's been on my mind and because it's something new going on in my life. 

I spent today with my son. He's fast asleep as I type this. I want to spend more time with him. I really do. It's up to his Father when I can see him during the week. Since I'm working Sundays now. I will miss having time with my son. I tried to explain to him why I had to go back to work and that with the extra money he and I can actually go and do things together. 

I got to read to him tonight. Something that we always used to do together that we haven't done in so long. I read him poems by Edgar Allan Poe. We were looking online at some stuff about Shakespeare and he said: "I didn't know that he lived so long ago." He was looking at quotes from Romeo and Juliet. I also like Twelfth Night. The site we were reading is Classic Lit and there's another one I found: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare 

When we were reading The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe... There was a part that went: 

Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer

Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.

My son asked me what he meant by tinkled because he thought that he urinated on the floor. He burst out laughing and I missed that so much. Just hearing him laugh... 

I'm going to try gargling with salt water to see if that helps my sore throat because I should be getting back to sleep.