Thursday, March 12, 2026

A Bad Day 12/31

Thank you to Two Writing Teachers for creating 
a space for me and other teacher-writers to share our stories.

I woke up this morning to a severe leg cramp. Not a Charlie horse, which can easily be stretched out. On no, this was a quadricep cramp. You know, the big muscles in your thigh. 

I stood in pain trying to stretch it out, but everything I tried hurt. I eventually made my way to the bathroom and sat in a tub of as-hot-as-I-could-get-it water. The pain eventually calmed down, but every move I made throughout the day seemed like a spark of a match just waiting to set it on fire again. 

All this caused me to be late for school, marking the beginning of a very bad day.

As I got out of my car, I looked down, and thought, "Looks like I'm not the only one!"

Someone dropped an iced coffee drink
getting out of the car.


3 comments:

  1. Diane(newtreemom)
    Ouch, I could feel that cramp. Sorry it was a bad day.

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  2. Oh no! I hope your leg's feeling better, and I hope someone was able to replace that coffee. I remember bad days before retirement. Middle schoolers occasionally made them worse; but sometimes they'd really come through for me and make my bad days better.

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  3. I grabbed my thigh as I read about your pain. Ouch! I hope you are feeling relief and sleep well!

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