I'm going to ramble for a bit.

It's 2:48 pm. I just finished updating grades (hopefully for the last time before finals...but I know better. There will, I'm sure, be at least two or three more instances of students who had just one more thing to make up or turn in.) I feel kind of bad; I spoke with one of our administrators this morning...she tried to crack a joke on the phone and I didn't joke back! I need to call and apologize. I have been soooo overwhelmed for the last two weeks trying to get grades in, conference with kids who aren't passing, and prepare for next year. This time last year my desk was clean, the floor was clean, grades were updated, lists were made, ....well, you get the picture. I feel a lot further behind this year, I guess with the finality of the fact that I'm not going to be in the classroom next year I haven't been in any particular hurry for closure. Now that my grades are done I can focus on getting my Spanish III final done tonight (when, you ask? Not sure yet...perhaps I'll get some done before church. Once I got going last night my Spanish II final didn't take me all that long.)...and I have to make up game questions for Spanish II. And III. And I have to create the study guide for Spanish III. Eventually I will sleep. People joke about the fact that I, traditionally, do not have the neatest apartment or car. In response to that, I ask...when would I have time to do it? Vacuuming just has to take a backseat to all the things that have to be done yesterday. I have seen 2am a lot more in the last two weeks than I have in a really, really long time (like back-in-college-Mondays-are-Steak-n-Shake-nights-after-midnight.) I don't do as well on 4 1/2 hours of sleep as I used to.

On a brighter note, I'm reading a really good book called Do Hard Things. It's by Alex Harris (Joshua Harris' little brother and his twin). Our youth leadership team is reading through it and it has been phenomenal so far. It talks about getting out of the reputations that teens have for consistent slacker behavior and challenging them to turn their lives--and this world--upside down for the cause of Christ in the form of witnessing, politicking for the best candidate, organizing youth rallies, and getting out of your general comfort zone. It has challenged me for sure.

Well, it's 10 minutes later and the bell will ring shortly. I suppose I shall go. :) May 23rd can't come quickly enough! :)