Dust can kill quick-o!

I am atrociously sick.  Again.  It started a few days ago and has settled deep in my chest.  It’s the dust.  Oh, so much dust!  It hasn’t rained for days so the orange powder rises and terrorizes unchecked.  I’m pounding down water and oral rehydration salts with little success.  It all seems to turn into snot and come right out my nose.

I had several coughing fits at school today and I think I scared a few of the students.  (She’ll kill us all!)  Tonight I felt like I got hit by a pen-pen.  Not run over, thankfully, just like bumped and knocked into the bush.  And it’s only Tuesday!  Oh, it’s going to be a long week.