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Whenever my routine gets upset, my diet and exercise goes haywire.
And when that happens, my body chemistry changes for the worse.
My immunity falls and i get sick.
And usually it is a bad throat infection that results in a sore throat followed by a cough and cold that takes weeks to shake off.
And its happened again. Woke up today with a sore throat. Taking three hour-and-a-half classes did not help.
Am feeling pretty rotten.
I PROMISE to at least eat clean for the rest of duration of my summer course.
All those bad carbs and unhealthy fats really mess me up.

Hot scorching dry summers.
Power outages due to increase in demand and shortfall in supply.
An intensive five week course to kick start the new academic year for my new students in the exausting heat.
No energy to cook …..
No motivation or energy to exercise.
I just try my best to eat healthy ( not very successfully ), walk whenever I find the energy, drag myself through a step work-out about thrice a week and drink plenty of water.
Another four weeks to go before life returns to normal.

that I have the ability to support my daughter in her preparatioon for her std 12 final exam.
I have been spending a lot of time with her reading out chemistry chapters to her, trying to take her through the parts she finds tough, coaxing her to work on questions that have appeared in the previous years, even visiting bookstores to get her books to guide her and help her get a better understanding of the subject. She still thinks I am a little too exacting. I refuse to let her move on unless I know that she has done a thorough job.
She still seems low on confidence. She keeps saying that she finds it difficult to recall all that she has learnt. Inwardly, my heart skips a beat but I tell her to keep doing her best and that it will come to her when she reads the question in her paper.
Sometimes, she gets angry with me ( or is it with herself? ) and stops asking me to join her in her revision. To my surprise, I actually feel left out rather than relieved. Reading chapters of advanced chemistry has given me a better understanding of the Std 10 Chemistry that I teach. I was actually beginning to enjoy our sessions.
But after a day of huffing, she comes back and we plunge into another chapter together.
I have been so involved with my daughter that I have not been posting much here. Her exams start on March 1st. Maybe once they start, I will be less preoccupied and will have more time to devote to 43T.
A friend I met on the weekend says that I am crazy to agree to sit with a 17 year old on her school final exams. She says that my daughter should be able to manage on her own.
But I did not volunteer. She asked me. I go to her only when she calls. And of what use is my profession of being a chem teacher if I cannot help my own daughter with Chemistry?