Tough Week

I know it's only Tuesday, but this week is off to a tough start so far. Yesterday I was feeling so tired and overwhelmed. I think it came from having worked essentially two full days over the weekend (grading papers, reading, doing chores, etc.) and jumping into a long Monday (finishing everything that didn't get done over the weekend and having class till 9:30pm). It's not easy knowing that we have somewhere to be every night this week, too. It's certainly not that I want to just sit around for hours and hours, but I am feeling like I'd really like just one day off! I hope this weekend will be more refreshing--it should be fun with Mark's family here to visit. The only down side is that I'll have to work extra hard at the end of this week and the beginning of next to stay on schedule. I guess all this means it's really good that Spring Break is just two weeks away. (On the other hand, that means the semester is almost halfway over, which makes me feel stressed again!)

As far as what's been happening over the last week, we were able to celebrate Mark's birthday with dinner and dessert out, then I baked a cake on Saturday (which is disappearing fast!). I did get all my 102 papers graded and returned them in class yesterday (one of the most depressing days of the semester, because some of them are always disappointed, and that kind of ruins the atmosphere in the class for a few days...). This morning I also started tutoring a student through CESL, which means extra income and some more experience for me. The tutor coordinator asked today if I could take on any additional students, which I'd love to do financially, but unfortunately, I don't feel like I have time. I told her I'd take as many as I can in the summer, though, so I hope there's still some need by then. I've just about finished my short assignment for Contrastive Rhetoric, but I'm still debating between two possible final projects. I'll have to decide by 3pm tomorrow so I can get it turned in. Mark is busy as always practicing and in rehearsals. He's got a concert this week and two next week. At least we're both busy at the same time!