A night off

I am definitely back to normal with the new school year in its third week. I am not really counting the first 2-day week. I feel like the way I start things is weak, but once the classes get rolling, the momentum carries us. Of course I still have to plan, grade all the papers, enter the info into the computer, fill out forms for Special Ed and Gifted kids, put things away when I am done with them, make copies or request for copying, and all those million little things I deal with, not to mention 150 kids who have needs of their own.

Situation normal: perpetually behind. I got my To-Do list down to one or two things today and I just added three more between the time school ended and the time I left the building.

I don't want this to sound like complaining, because I am not. I am actually amused by the cycle that I put myself through every year. At the end of the school year, all those To-Do's get completed, filed, or thrown in the trash. One way or another, it ends. During the summer I find myself making lists of tasks to do just to give myself some focus and continuity.

I am still trying to make music, hoping that my creativity can overtake my lack of ability. It seems to work for most popular artists!