Going Overboard (Blog to Learn, Day 11)

I can think of nothing better to wake me up on this rainy day than a fistful of loud dubstep songs and too much coffee.

Yeesh...talk about falling off of the deep end. I killed myself with work, over the course of several days this past week. I was trying to record and burn a practice CD for the choir kiddies to use during Spring Break. Hey, it was a great idea, in theory. In practice, I wish that I had done anything else. Sleep would have been a worthwhile pursuit. I skipped blogging for two days. On Wednesday night, I was up until 3:30 and got a mere 2 hours of sleep. On Thursday I crashed early and woke up at 3:00 AM on Friday. [I had intended to take a short nap, and I did just that. Unfortunately, when I woke up, it was to the sound of my roommate's girlfriend complaining loudly on the phone. On with the headphones, which lulled me to sleep with the sounds of Ovid's Metamorphoses in my ears. Ahhhh, much better. I am thoroughly convinced that teaching and having a roommate have effectively turned on anti-social behavior in me, but that is for another blog entry.]

To add to the usual demands of work, we all received a disturbing note in our daily bulletin. Budget cuts at the state and local levels are even starting to force cuts at our award-winning and parent-supported school. Nothing says, "You might lose your job," quite like the words, "What can we do?/Would you be willing to teach an extra class?/What are our priorities?" As an fine arts teacher, that is definitely not what I want to see. That said, I am a big fan of blessings in disguise. We'll see.

I have a lot of work to do at home this weekend, before I can actually think about enjoying any part of this break. For now, I'd be happy if my computer would stop sleeping, and I had dinner in my belly.