I've been wanting to blog for weeks. I usually tell myself when I complete A, B, and C I will take time to blog. Well I usually don't get through my list (work-related) or by the time I'm done with C, I have no more energy for writing an entry. Plus I've been staring at my laptop or desktop computer screens a lot lately due to my grading workload. My eyes onto of my brain are shot. My popular phrase lately has been "my brain feels like mush" and it's quite accurate.
We held our semesterly health fair event at a local elementary school today. I am quite pleased with this semester's effort. Out of the 20 booths, I only had drama from one group. Even though they were all pissed at each other today, they put on smiles and did well with the children. Group work always seems to start a World War with 1-3 groups when I have a health fair in my class. We had a 'first' today with the health fair. I could tell a little group looked upset in one of the groups. I went over to her, asked if she was OK as I figured she had an issue with another student or something. She said she was fine and like three seconds after I walked away she blew chunks everywhere. Oddly enough vomit doesn't bother me much because I deal with it enough at ISU but I was surprised that more of my pre-service teachers weren't helpful. Out of the 8 or so that were in the direct area only one stepped up to help me with her. Sigh.
I am thrilled that next week is Spring Break. It will be nice to have some downtime. Sadly one thing I'm looking forward to is having time to catch up with grading. I'm going to spread it out so the week isn't a drag but it will be nice to start the following week with less of a workload. In all of my ISU classes, my students start teaching lessons to their peers so I have to get into lesson plan assessment mode. Great lesson plans are easy to grade. Crappy lesson plans are easy to grade. It's the middle ground lesson plans that take more time than I like. It sounds like we'll bop up to Waukon for the first part of the week and come back down to Ankeny in the middle of the week.
Let's talk health. I have felt so worn out and tired lately. It's to the point again where it's affecting my work so that's irritating me. In the past few days I cannot think straight at times. Luckily it happens when I writing an email or doing something in my office rather than in the middle of teaching a class. I'm hoping that I catch up with rest next week even though they say that's impossible to do. I am rarely taking my melatonin or prescription sleep med. I was hoping to wean myself off both and get back to sleeping naturally. About 1-2 nights a week I can easily fall asleep on my own. Other nights I can feel completely exhausted but I just lay away usually thinking about work.
I need to get moving more too. The weather has been gorgeous and I'm not taking advantage of it often enough. I need to use the walking paths around here more often. My main complaint is how often my right foot hurts with my plantar fasciatis. Some days it's nothing and is fine to walk on and my pain level is very low. Some days I can hardly put weight on it by the end of the day. Especially on Tuesdays and Thursdays when I've been very active all day with teaching and Swim & Gym. The fun part is that I'm sure weight loss would help with pain relief but I can't do much of what I enjoy for activity because it makes my foot act up. Lovely cycle. I haven't tried tennis yet. Assuming the great weather continues, I want to play soon with Dan (or anyone else that is game) since all of our snow is gone down here.
Speaking of Mr. Dan, things are still going very well. Both he and I have been working like mad people lately so there really isn't much to report on. I haven't been going to Newton much because I've been working on weekends (thanks DMACC). This month marks 8 months of dating. I think we are going to use the Jim Gaffigan show in July as a celebration for our one year anniversary. I will admit it is starting to feel odd that hardly anyone has met him yet. I'm hoping he can be present for some/all of Alissa's graduation celebrations as well as come up for Nicole's wedding in July. Fingers crossed.
Time to switch laundry and hit the hay!
I didn't know about the health fair. That had to be stressful but rewarding. I hate how grading is a never-ending weight on our backs. I think that's why the summer is so rewarding. I should be able to get caught up over Spring Break too.
ReplyDeleteThe health thing is a never-ending battle too. I've fallen into a slump too. There's never enough time or energy. The improving weather and temps do help inspire though. I hope to put some miles on the trails and get my tennis racket dusted off too. Luckily, (no offense) I don't have any foot or ankle impairment. I have been falling asleep by 10 pm most nights, so I'm sorry I can't help with that problem. I can imagine how frustrating and exhausting it must be though. Will Spring Break help you get on a routine or caught up? Or will Daylight Savings Time get you further messed up?
I think your and Dan's busy schedules work in your favor, but I'm sure you'd like to see each other more. I feel honored to be one of the few who have met him. Wow, 8 months! That's great. I'm just stoked that Tony and I made it past two months, because that's as far as Denny and I got. Ha ha. P.S. Do you think I'll be invited to her wedding? It's not a big deal either way, just curious.
I was about to remind you to blog the other day, so it's good that you beat me to it! See you soon!