Life These Days

Well hello my peeps.  How can it be Thursday already?  The weekdays fly by for me, which is not something I have experienced, like, ever.  I think this week is especially bearable because next Monday is Labor Day!  Hallelujah!  Just two days of K-8 madness and tutoring between me and the weekend.

A sample of the amount of materials I take with me for the class I teach.  Venetian mask included (yesterday).

Life these days...

* I don't sleep well.  None of the other TA's do, either, it sounds like.  I don't lay awake at night and worry, I just don't sleep for very long periods of time.  Every night around 2:00 or 3:00 I debate just getting up and getting some work done.  Which begs the question, who am I?

* I have exercised three days this week.  Jogging, biking, strength training.  I am beyond proud of myself for this.

* It looks like I may survive this theory class after all.  Our first paper is due next week, though, so I'm not counting my chickens.

* Fall is right around the corner.  My flowers are starting to bite the dust and it's getting c-o-l-d at night.  I'm decorating the house this weekend!  Pumpkins!  My favorite season ever!

* Did I mention that I'm off on Monday?  That I'm going to sleep for 85 hours?

* It is a weird feeling to be up in front of the class, offering a few thoughts, and watching 25 students frantically write down what I'm saying.  Life feels like I'm in the Twilight Zone sometimes.

* Although I'm tired and stressed most of the time, life is oddly manageable.  I think it's because I'm two weeks into the semester and am on the cusp of hitting some sort of stride.  Soooooooo glad that first week is over, though.  I don't look forward to that in January.  At all.  Although hopefully next semester I'll be able to teach two sections of class...?

* Can. Not. Wait. To. Decorate. House. For. Fall.

* Lit Society is next week and I'll have an excellent book review for you!

* Can. Not. Wait. For. A. Three. Day. Weekend.

* You know how I'm impressed with my good decision to leave my Monday mornings open?  I'm also thrilled beyond belief that I don't go to the K-8 school at the crack of dawn anymore.  I'm working longer stretches of time there throughout the day, but I don't go in until a bit later in the morning, which has made all the difference in the world.  Sometimes the little things really do make the biggest difference.  What I've discovered about myself is that I can get up early in the morning and deal with it as long as I don't have to immediately fly out the door.  A couple of hours to stare out the front window with my coffee (even if it's at 5:30 a.m.) are necessary.

I wish I had something more interesting to report, but that's my life, peeps.  What's up with you?