Hello Nyquil

So, I had a great adventure with nyquil last night...

Couldn't sleep last night. I was really congested, so I finally decided to get up and take some medicine- nyquil. (one dose, may I just say...) I slept like a rock. I woke up feeling pretty good, thinking, "I can't believe I slept that well. Wow, I slept late enough for it to even start getting light outside." I turned to look at the clock- 8:04am... School starts at 8:00am. I freaked. Why didn't my alarm go off? I frantically, and I mean frantically, searched for my cell phone to call work. Oh wait, the battery is dead. There's the reason why my alarm didn't go off. So I frantically search for my charger. "Why won't my phone turn on!" ... finally called work. The secretary must have thought I was crazy. "Sherry, this is Becca. I took nyquil last night. My phone died. My alarm didn't go off. I'll be there in 5 minutes. Bye." I get to work at 8:17am. Pretty amazing, I must say. My students were so concerned. It was quite funny.

"What happened to you Ms. Paschal?"

"Ms. Paschal, you look a little pale."

"Did you get in a car accident?"

"Where have you been?" most common one

It's ok kids, your teacher just took medicine to help her feel better and sleep. Then she didn't wake up... it's cool. Yeah, that sounds great.

Thankfully, "I just over slept" satisfied their curiosity. :)

However, it didn't satisfy my staff. Now my new nickname is NQ... lovely. :)