But, see, life goes in cycles, and I am caught in one where I don't sleep enough. But only every other night. See, I teach part-time at the junior high, which in my case means that I teach every other day. So on days like today, I get to school at 7:45am-ish, already tired and stressed from staying up too late prepping for today, and not sure if the lesson plans will work. I teach three classes (two of which are combined French 1 and French 2 - oh joy oh rapture), and then after school I go back through the lesson plans for today to update them according to what I actually did and didn't do, print and file them, clean off my whiteboards and chalkboard (I have three and LOVE it!), maybe grade some papers, and then, usually, go home. I feel like I don't have to plan my next day of lesson plans today, I mean, I'm SO tired, and after all, I have all day tomorrow, right? Well, right, except for that whole "my other job" thing. So tomorrow I'll be SO tired from today that I'll sleep in tomorrow, NOT go to my other (flexible hours) job as early as I should, and end up wasting most of the day, and finding myself at 10 o'clock at night with three lessons to plan! So then I'll stay up too late to plan them, and head to school the next day, already tired and stressed, resolving to NOT WAIT UNTIL LATE THE NIGHT BEFORE I TEACH TO PLAN MY LESSONS.
And that is pretty much my life. Except that the "other job" that I mentioned has been getting started again the last two weeks after the summer off, which means that I really DO need to get there and get things done, so the whole "sleeping in every other day" thing has GOT to end.
sigh.
And I think, "Man, I need a SECOND to breathe!" And then I have a second, and instead of planning for what I need to do that day, sleeping, or eating a healthy meal, I open a book, and several hours later I have finished it and am again kicking myself for wasting time. It would feel better, I think, if the book was substantial, but short stories by L.M. Montgomery?! PLEASE!!
So the upshot of it is that I spend about half my time so panicked that I think I am not going to survive that day, and the other half of my time wondering what I am so stressed about.
And the thesis sits on my hard drive, untouched.
sigh.
But on the upside I just figured out how to save a couple hundred dollars on health insurance this year (no this is NOT a Geico commercial), and I got to see some of my nieces and nephews TWICE this weekend, and as I was leaving on Sunday my seven-year-old namesake niece said to me plaintively, with her cheek pressed against mine, "When are we going to see each other again?"
And people, it just doesn't get much cuter than that.
6 comments:
Holy cow!
Good use a the XML whine element. This part of the ISO 99567, which is the standard markup for complaints.
Also, I know you didn't have time to post about how much smarter men are than women, so I posted on it:
http://enworb.byu.edu/index.php?id=547
Not that I am happy you're stressed out and starving for a moment to breathe, but I must say at least you're not alone; join the club! Between you, Melly, Kath, Janell, and I, maybe we can all figure out a way to viraciously sleep and eat (AS WELL AS FINISH OUR MILE-LENGTH TO DO LISTS) for each other!
Buenos Suerte Mi Amiga!
Danielle
PS: I got another job now, and, so yeah...... :)
sleep? eat? can these things both be accomplished in the same day?
No comment on thes state of my laundry. There's a reason I'm stuck with jeans and t-shirts these days, I'm just glad that I have those to fall back on!
Good luck! You can do it! Rah rah rah!
The solution to the whole pick-up-a-book-and-it's-impossible-to-put-down
phenomenon?
Put the book in your bathroom. On the tank of the toilet. Read it only when you're IN the bathroom.
Not only do you cut down on addictive reading, your digestion improves and you're a lot cleaner.
;)
(just kidding.) (sort of.)
Wow. I thought I was busy. You are out of control. I love reading your blog.
Girl, do you need some hot soup or something?
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