Living with Congenital Hypothyroidism

Hi everyone I have some great news, I found the best pajamas for my itchy and full of nonsense skin. The secret is silk. I realised that I use all these products for my skin and it works, but what works against it is my pj pants. My cotton pants don't stay soft for long and I spend all my time at home in my pjs. So I thought, silk.  I Googled the benefits of silk pajamas, and according to  Enjoy Silk  the benefits are as follows: Hypoallergetic Good for the skin Safety and Natural Smooth Lightweight Dry One garment for all seasons Only silk is silk My experience so far has been nothing but positive. It is spring here in South Africa and most days are still cold, I don't feel cold or hot in my silk pj pants. It is really soft, feels like you are wearing nothing at all. It feels very nice on your body and lovely to touch. When you wash it it dries very fast. Silk pjs are a bit pricy, but I asked someone to make the pants for me. I paid the pri...

Hi everyone As some of you might know, I'm busy doing my Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE). Part of this course, is doing practical teaching at a school. It's 6 weeks out of 9 weeks at the moment. I am coping. I'm not too tired, I can still deal. I get all my work done, because of good planning and enough sleep. I'm not going to lie, I am tired but not too tired that I can't function properly every day. Apart from what I have to do as a student, I have also been substituting for a teacher for the last 3 weeks. The school doesn't have enough teachers to teach this teacher's classes and I'm the only student teacher qualified enough to to the job. In other words, I've been a full time teacher these last three weeks while also doing all my student work. It has been a very good experienced filled with all the good and bad times of teaching, but I have been given the opportunity to learn so much more than the average student. I've...