I think we can all see how well my hopes to post more frequently turned out.  lol

Honestly, I used to NEED to blog; now, I'm finding (or rather, used to be finding...more on that in a a minute) other ways to deal with the day-to-day. 


Updates: 


1) The school year got off to a great start.  I literally had the best first week EVER, which turned into the best THREE weeks ever.  It's not perfect--because nothing is--but it's been pretty darned good.  Parent/Teacher conferences are coming up, and that's always the true test, so I may be singing a different tune soon.


2) I have two Spanish 4 students (which I didn't know, until the day before they showed up, that I would have) in with my Spanish 3's.  This means, much to my frustration, that rather than getting the practice they need with the native speakers, they're stuck listening to much of what they heard last year and working on individual projects and readings.  Again...not happy. 


3) I've decided that I don't--repeat, DON'T--like going to back to school to get my Masters. I would LOVE to be a lifelong student, simply taking classes that interest me or because I can. Getting ones Masters, however, is a completely different animal. First there was drama about whether I'd even be allowed to take Spanish Civilization and Culture again (as an 831L) since I'd taken it as an undergrad as 626. Then there was more drama about getting a Masters advisor (since Dra. Akrabova left a HUGE hole in the department). This, thank goodness, was resolved: I am now being advised by Dra. Myers (HALLELUJAH!!!). Finally, there's drama with the class itself. I realize as a Masters student I'm automatically required to do more work; I just didn't realize that it was work for the sake of work rather than learning. More hoops to jump through. ... Bah. I'm frustrated. Obviously.


4) I'm having a terribly difficult time forcing myself to grade, lesson plan and generally do my day-to-day, single-woman-earning-a-living things that used to consume my life.  Some time within the past two years, I just got sick of it.  I realize a typical 9-5 job not only isn't for me, but would literally drive me crazy; however, I am increasingly annoyed by all the 'extra' (work, time, money, effort, energy, ...) that goes with my job.  I can only spread myself so thin.  I pray for guidance and can only assume at this point that if God wants me to find a new path, He will present me with one.  In the meantime, I'm treading water.


5) Due to extra stress, lack of anything resembling time and general apathy, I'm pretty much back on my old eating schedule: coffee for breakfast, diet pop for lunch and a real (read: large) dinner.  NOT good.  Must re-incorporate healthy eating into my life. 

Ugh.  So there it is.  The past month or so.