Guest guest Posted December 22, 2003 Report Share Posted December 22, 2003 Big sigh!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! I took this summer off from teaching to give myself the luxury of being depressed - figuring I could resolve everything and " get it over with " and come out the other side in the fall " all better. " Welllllllllllll - it didn't quite work that way. I came out in the fall still deep in the hole of my self-induced, well planned depression - with my plate full, over-flowing in fact of things that needed to be done - without the gushing flow of adreneline I am used to, and lacking some of my previous coping skills.. without having fully settled into new ones. Soooooooooooo it's been a rough few weeks.. or month.. or some horrid amount of time that I have been running as fast as I could to keep up from being so far behind...kind of like treading water while holding dumb-bells. So I haven't been around for awhile... trying to stay as resourceful as I could to make it through this semester. I think I graded papers and projects non-stop since a week or two before Thanksgiving.... never getting " ahead, " just keeping from being as far behind. I generally DO teach 8 to 9 classes in the fall (Prime time for adjuncts), but this year it kicked my butt. One thing I am proud of - is I didn't push everything DOWN and keep busy. I put things ASIDE to function. And I also took care of myself better. I RESTED when I was tired (such a unique experience). I thought of you all many times.... and my thoughts often made me smile. I turned in my final grades 2 hours ago... and it feels good to be back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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