End of the Semester Hell
I apologize profusely for being so sporadic with my entries but it is the end of the semester hell and I have very few brain cells that are functioning at the moment. To give you some idea of what my schedule is like, here was yesterday:
5:45am - Alarm goes off. Hit the snooze button a few times.
6:00am - Curse the gods (I'm an equal opportunity curser), get up and get ready
7:00am - Leave for one college
7:45-9:30am - Hide in the college library to write a final
9:30am-12:30pm - Teach
12:30-2:00pm - Drive all the way to the town my other college is at (yes, they are that far apart and this is without traffic)
2:00-3:00pm - Therapy (hey, I am a Crazy Cat Lady for a reason)
3:00-6:30pm - Hide in the college library while putting together the lesson for that night's class that I thought I had already done but actually didn't and grade all the late papers that came in.
6:30-9:30pm - Teach
9:30-10:00pm - Figuratively hold student's hand to let him/her know that failing my class is not the end of the world.
10:00-11:00pm - Drive home
11:00pm-12:00am - Go through the day's e-mails, contemplate taking up drinking, and try to relax.
12:00am - Finally go to bed
Rinse. Repeat.
I will admit that my schedule this semester is insane. I have two days that are like this a week. It's worse now, though, as it is crunch time. I'm trying to get six finals written, grade all the papers, and somehow try to get a decent night's sleep in there.
You will notice that "eating" isn't something listed here. I'm essentially living on a diet of sugar and caffeine. Everyone tells me to eat healthy as it will help me get through this rough time but that's impossible. See, it involves time, something of which I do not have much of at the moment as you can see. I'm really dreading to see what my weight will be when this is all over.
Just a couple of weeks. If I can make it through that, I'm good as I get a whopping whole week off before summer school starts. Joy.
And as we always need some cuteness in our life, here is Dharma reminding me that life really doesn't suck when you've got a face like this looking up at you all the time:
5:45am - Alarm goes off. Hit the snooze button a few times.
6:00am - Curse the gods (I'm an equal opportunity curser), get up and get ready
7:00am - Leave for one college
7:45-9:30am - Hide in the college library to write a final
9:30am-12:30pm - Teach
12:30-2:00pm - Drive all the way to the town my other college is at (yes, they are that far apart and this is without traffic)
2:00-3:00pm - Therapy (hey, I am a Crazy Cat Lady for a reason)
3:00-6:30pm - Hide in the college library while putting together the lesson for that night's class that I thought I had already done but actually didn't and grade all the late papers that came in.
6:30-9:30pm - Teach
9:30-10:00pm - Figuratively hold student's hand to let him/her know that failing my class is not the end of the world.
10:00-11:00pm - Drive home
11:00pm-12:00am - Go through the day's e-mails, contemplate taking up drinking, and try to relax.
12:00am - Finally go to bed
Rinse. Repeat.
I will admit that my schedule this semester is insane. I have two days that are like this a week. It's worse now, though, as it is crunch time. I'm trying to get six finals written, grade all the papers, and somehow try to get a decent night's sleep in there.
You will notice that "eating" isn't something listed here. I'm essentially living on a diet of sugar and caffeine. Everyone tells me to eat healthy as it will help me get through this rough time but that's impossible. See, it involves time, something of which I do not have much of at the moment as you can see. I'm really dreading to see what my weight will be when this is all over.
Just a couple of weeks. If I can make it through that, I'm good as I get a whopping whole week off before summer school starts. Joy.
And as we always need some cuteness in our life, here is Dharma reminding me that life really doesn't suck when you've got a face like this looking up at you all the time:
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