The plate is getting pretty full....

This month, along with the end of November, are the worst times of the year for me. The work just piles up, and like a light bulb blazing on, everyone decides they want to do better in school. So here's all the jumble that's going on in my mind. I'm building the brand new English program almost completely from scratch without any help. I have stacks and stacks of papers that I need to give direction to my students on. I also have to complete all my license material, something I haven't really taken seriously all year. I still don't take care about it, because I don't plan on staying in a high school very long. On the other hand, I'm still rushing to cover my curriculum in my college class at ACC, a class that has yet to impress me overall. I'm putting in 12-15 hr. days and I'm exhausted. This has left me very little to spend at the gym or for my writing. The new book, Lost in Tumbleweed, is stalled probably until the summer when I get more time. I've been reading like crazy to complete as much material as I can for the first year exams at Stanford. And I'm studying for the GRE to get my scores up. I'm also working on three academic essays, a personal essay, and other writing projects. Socially, I've hardly seen many of my friends over the last few weeks. I'm kind of bummed that ski season is over. I've met a very special someone in my life that I'm not sure what to do about. More than anything, I value her friendship, and will not sacrifice that for anything. But that's a whole other story.

That's just what's on my plate, though. As busy as I am, things aren't all that bad. School is over in less than a month. As crazy as it seems, things are slowly turning the corner at the school. I actually believe that I can solve the problems here, or a number of them. I'm writing more, and I've been patient with the above mentioned person, and I think she feels the same as I do. More than anything else, what I need right now is rest: plain and simple. When I can, I will....