Ready for the Weekend

This was the kind of week that ended with me at the Starbucks drive-through instead of the gym after school.  I feel like I have not had down time in days, and I just wanted an iced coffee (despite the 13 degree temperature outside) and a few minutes to sit on the couch and veg. Fortunately, Joel fell asleep on the way home and is taking an unexpected late afternoon nap.

While I would love to go to bed around 9:30, every night this week I didn't get to crash until nearly 10:30. Joel has been getting up around 3:00 or 4:00am for several weeks (after four months of sleeping 6pm-6am), so that has been rough on my sleep too. Second semester started two weeks ago, and I have a new schedule and new responsibilities that have kept my head spinning. Today I had an Ohio State student shadow me, and I took my yearbook editors to the middle school to recruit 8th graders for next year's staff. I was also working on a surprise project for a co-worker. It was not a typical day but a fun one. I love my job and feel so blessed to work at something I enjoy. When I get up in the morning and head out the door, I never dread where I am going or what I am doing. All the same, I breathe a huge sigh of relief when that final bell rings at 2:42pm on Friday, and I count down the days to summer vacation.

Teach Mom Run

A friend of my friend writes a blog called Teach Mom Run. Hello! I'm in all those clubs too. What I want to know is how she has time for her blog. I have wanted to start blogging again for at least a month. I even thought about making it a New Year's resolution to blog more, but I have struggled to find both time and words. So much has been happening in my life since I was last blogging, and I miss writing about it if for no other reason than I have a terrible memory, and a personal blog is a perfect way for me to keep track of life and go back to remember and reflect.

Part of the writer's block is the guilt I feel when I tell myself that I need to catch up on everything I have missed in the last seven months, so I am letting that go. I am starting here, today, now. We'll see what happens.