I'm EXHAUSTED

I'm not just exhausted; I'm pooped. I don't know if it's the heat, the stress from work, the moving preparations, or all of the above. I think it's the latter. Actually, I know it is.


The air conditioners in my classroom are not the hardest working machines, even despite my request for the one to be fixed. Which it was. It received an upgrade and it's better, but it's still hot. I know I live in Florida and it's in the 90s on a daily basis, but still...how can I work effectively like that? 


What was really funny about me getting my AC fixed was how the technician thought that I am from a foreign country because of my accent. Excuse me? My accent? I guess if you call upstate New York a foreign country :). He was just being nice as he had been in the military during the Vietnam War and according to him had the time of his life. I guess he was just nostalgic for travel and living abroad and maybe wanted me to be from overseas. I mean, living in the "south" I'd been told I have an accent but most people know I'm from the U.S. It's just that southerners don't know how to enunciate and I never know if they're saying pEn or pIn. Not my fault.


The packing, or thinking of packing, exhausts me as well. And the trying to sell and thinking about selling also wears me down. The feeling tired enough not to do anything but not tired enough to sleep also makes me feel pooped. And of course the final preparations at school and the students wanting to act crazy and even more like hooligans because it's the end of the year business. Oh yeah, and the papers I need to grade but don't because I'm too tired. Oh Lord, I'm making myself even more exhausted thinking about all of this - and writing it all down. Haha


So what do I do? Make myself run errands with E so we get out of house and I don't just lounge on the couch all afternoon/evening/night watching Meet the Browns episodes - which I love and will miss (even though I can watch the entire show on TBS.com). I also force myself out of the house to walk or do some kind of exercise. At least the exhaustion I feel after that is a good kind of feeling tired. Oh yeah, and I blog. A lot. I've written like 6 blog entries in 2 days. At least I'm giving you all (interesting :) posts to read and can try and be entertaining. Try.


Ok. Enough "tired" talk. Time to grade papers and grade them all. 2 more school days and then 3 more exam days. Then 2 more teacher days and I can sleep in!