I went to school at 8:30 to tell Marrisa I would be staying home. She gave me the humidifier she has on her desk :) I went back home and tried to sleep/read until lunch time. Then I went back to school. I brought the humidifier with me, and Marrisa was like, "Why you bring back the machine? You just keep." Lol. Then we went to the cafeteria. As soon as I walked in, a bunch of kids were shouting my name and coming up to me to ask if I was okay. I got my food and was walking to the teacher table, and all the kids were like "Danielle, sit here!" So cute. While I was eating one little boy came up to me and just smiled shyly. I knew he was wondering if I was okay... So cute! I was really surprised he just came to me like that. I asked him, "How's the weather today?" and he ran to the window, then came back to me and just said bye-bye. Our 6th grade class was cancelled, because the 6th graders all went ice skating. So, Marrisa and I practiced for our big open lesson that would be at 3:20pm. I could only whisper (due to the laryngitis), so one of the teachers let me borrow her microphone. The kids came in at 3pm and they were all so nervous. The teachers started arriving at about 3:10. Let me explain a little about this "open lesson"... My school is a research school. Everyone does a lot of extra work bc of this, such as teaching a lesson which all the other staff observe and then critique afterwards. And the critique is no joke. There are graphs, video tapes, you name it. Our critique lasted over an hour today (all good reviews). They asked me to stand up and talk about how I thought our lesson went. I was surprised, but just whispered and acted out my words with motions lol. Marrisa translated afterwards.