Consumed

i've been so crazy busy this week. i don't know what happened. the weekend went great, monday was wonderful and then BAM! the you-know-what hit the fan. i'm behind on grading my papers (a huge deadline is coming up-the mid 6-weeks progress reports), trying to plan lessons for next week and the week after thanksgiving, making copies of the worksheets we'll be doing for those 2 weeks, tutoring, going to meetings for struggling kids to see about getting more help, sorting all the graded work and sending it home with the kids, planning art projects, calling/emailing parents about behavior issues or making sure they return paperwork...all when i'm not teaching the kids. then, i don't wanna short change my daughter when we come home, so i spend quality time with her (she's been a mama's girl this week-wants nothing to do with daddy). i was so darn tired last night, i fell asleep when i laid down with taylor at 8:30! despite the 2 inch stack of papers to grade, i gave into my body's plea last night to JUST REST. now today that 2 inch stack has grown from the work the kids have turned in today...ugh, the hole just keeps getting deeper. i wonder if i bargain myself out of what i really should do sometimes because i want to put myself under pressure? worked like hell in college for papers or studying for exams...always worked well under pressure. ok, i think i'm reaching my threshold, though...you know when "yourself" is telling yourself "ok, pressure's good, that's enough pressure. time to get your ass in gear!" better get going... :)