Every year at this time our department gets numbers for the next year. How many classes will we teach and then we have to figure out who is teaching what. It's a bit stressful and sometimes very disappointing. On top of allocation drama, I had a lot of meetings, a big yearbook deadline and just extra prep. They emptied the pool, so I am no longer able to swim at lunch and will need to add some other extra exercise into my routine. They are gutting the old photolab to turn it into a new weight room which is exciting but also kind of sad to see it all go away. I am feel so tuned into the changes happening around me. I'm teaching new classes (ceramics and drawing) as well as some old ones. I'm letting my yearbook kids change things up and letting them take over even more than I have in the past. It's a crazy juggle and at times I wake up in the middle of night with an eye twitch that tells me I'm doing too much and/or drinking too much caffeine. I think about how much more I did when I was younger and how I used to drink way more coffee and diet coke. I am not as resilient as I used to be.
Getting away to Minnesota at the end of the week is great way to relax and recharge. When things are stressful I have to walk away, take a break. Jim and I took a 6 mile hike this morning and I am spending time reading which I rarely have time for outside of the summer. Speaking of summer... only 104 days until the last day of school.
