NSRTKD
Green Belt
I had surgery of a rather mild nature last week, and I'm not interested in explaining my medical situation to everyone at the school. This week I am easing back into class, but I'm unable to do half of the warmups and have to keep cardio and impact to a minimum. My sahbumnim has thankfully allowed me to participate at half speed in class, standing in the back and helping the beginner students. But I'm getting my fair share of snotty glares (from the teenage crowd) and subtle suggestions from adults ("looks like someone overdid it finally" which is far from true but I haven't wanted to argue) and of course, frustration from my own children that I'm not required to function at the same pace as everyone else right now. I feel like people are either angry or pleased in a nasty way that I'm currently down and out. Of course there are the few who know my actual situation, but for the others who usually see me working as hard as I can five days a week, I seem to be struggling to come up with an answer/appropriate reaction to the mild hostility. I don't want to say I had surgery, because its frankly no ones business and I don't feel like answering the "for what?" Response. I'm on restrictions for at least two weeks, after taking a full week completely off. Any thoughts on this, or similar experiences? I value my own honesty and like to demonstrate honesty for my children, but am feeling the need for discretion for myself. We have a bunch of new students... I'm being a poor example for their parents to witness, and making higher ranking students uncomfortable that I'm assisting new students instead of working hard (all with sahbumnim's support and approval of course). Should I try to say more about why to those who express frustration, or ignore the attitudes I'm being thrown unless directly asked?