2 Random Thoughts

1
I'm afraid that I might be exposed to English as a Second Language Learners (ESLers) for too long a period for too many days. I'm concerned that when I get back to the states my English language skills may actually have declined. My fear is that I will speak very loudly, slowly, enunciating every word and saying everything multiple times. Friends and family might get sick of me fast. I can also tell that other teachers are suffering from the same ESL overexposure as Kat called the garbage truck the "trash car" today.

2
I was contaminated with a pretty bad case of food poisoning on Saturday night, of which I am still suffering over. On Sunday I woke up with a terrible headache and my stomach screaming. I thought, "I don't remember drinking that much." I then ran to the bathroom, and well, you know the rest. Later I was lying in my bed thinking about how terrible things were and how I wished my bowels would stop shifting into low gear, when I decided to consider the alternatives: what are the pluses of food poisoning. Here's what I came up with.

--It's great for shedding unwanted pounds. Not eating anything for three days will definitely slim a person up. Plus dry heaves are great for toning and firming abdominal.
--If you want to bring yourself back to a healthy diet, food poisoning is the way to do it. I've been eating apples, bread, soup and vegetables (That's up from just bread). It's not a stimulating group of foods, but it seems to be the only thing I can keep down. I do not believe I will ever each chicken again.
--I've saved money because of my food poisoning. I haven't been spending money on food, let alone beer, or noreebongs, or fireworks, or rides on the mechanical bull, or whatever my money seems to go to.

Looking at it this way, food poisoning may be the best thing that ever happened to me. "Yup, I was in really bad shape before I got food poisoning; eating fatty foods, throwing away my money on women and wine, but it changed me. I'm a changed man now and better for it." And then I make another made dash for the bathroom.

Never mind, just random thoughts.