You know you're tired when...

You look at the piles of laundry you've just sorted. You think to yourself, "hmm, these look kind of small, did I miss anything? No, I got the stuff from the bedroom, the bathroom, checked the study...that should be everything. Yes, that's it. Maybe we just didn't wear as many layers this week or something." You put the small load in, wash it, hang it on the clothesline. You're starting the second load when you notice...the rest of the clothes are in the clothes basket on top of the drier (where all the dirty clothes belong, but don't always end up). Oh well. You sort the newly discovered clothes, adding the whites that missed the white load to the colors (making a large, but washable load), shake your head, and move on!

So, that's what I've just done this afternoon. I imagine laundry stories aren't that interesting to most of you, but I just couldn't believe I did that and somehow sharing it makes it better. But, I do have a good reason for feeling a little brain-dead, and I'll write about that, too.

This morning, I was able to present at the mini-AZ TESOL conference on campus, and in exchange for free registration, I also volunteered. So, I was there early to help set up (which was pretty easy because the organizers had done such a good job of planning!). After the keynote, I gave my presentation (about blogging in ESL writing classes). I think it went pretty well, except that my voice gets shaky when I'm nervous. I actually wasn't too stressed about this one, so I was frustrated by the fact that my voice still came out all funny (and I don't know how to control it better). Other than that, it was nice that I had several questions and comments after, and I think people might consider trying similar assignments with blogs in their classes, which would be cool. I still need to finish writing up my report on the blog project for my technology class, but I don't think I'll get to that today. I was also able to go to a session about jobs in ESL, which was very informative. The speaker really thinks the midwest is the place to be for teaching ESL in the US (and AZ is not a good place to be right now), so that was nice to hear. After that, I got to have lunch and hang out with some friends from the program, which was really fun. We don't get to see each other outside of class nearly enough. Although I didn't win any of the raffle prizes, it was a pleasant way to spend the day. (The main downside was that the air conditioning wasn't on in the building, so it was pretty warm inside. That must be part of why I'm feeling so sleepy now!).

Mark's playing the next-to-last performance of the opera tonight, and I'm really looking forward to having a more normal schedule next week. It'll be good for us to have a chance to sit down and talk through some of the moving stuff--I can't believe how quickly it's coming!