Hello Friday, who snuck up on me. Probably a good thing. At the end of Tuesday and Wednesday, I was questioning my ability to get here. And now I’m here. Had to think about it this morning. What day is it? What am I doing? Should I be getting up and showering (usually yes)? Grades are due Tuesday and I’m mostly done. I have about 8 packets that were turned in late that I’m trying to get done, and last night, I graded the redo-from-hell (seriously that assignment needs a rewrite for sanity). I had like 10 to grade and it took over an hour. I needed brainpower and quiet for it, and no one was around last night, but two sleepy cats, so it worked. Finally. Then just pop grades in and be done! Like that’s a fast thing. Maybe tonight. We’ll see.
I just realized there’s a quilt deadline coming up and I have absolutely nothing for it. Everything is out, sold, or it’s shown in Southern California at some point. Yikes. I need to be making faster. I do WANT more time to make. And that’s been really hard over the last 4+ years. This year is a little better, because I have help, but we are often upending the apple cart and starting over, which takes time and effort. I’m a little over it. Unfortunately. The next unit we’re doing, on space, I’ve never gotten a consistent story of how to learn the things…so maybe this is the year? And then I go back to 7th grade.
Artwise, I’m still forcing at least an hour a night…plus most nights, I’m doing 30 minutes on the other quilt. The goal is to finish things. Wednesday night’s ironing included the brain and face…
And that other hand…and the teacup.
Then last night, I missed the quilting time because I was grading and didn’t eat dinner until 9 PM (it’s nice to have everyone gone, but when they’re not here, I sometimes forget to eat…whoops.).
Your bog-standard brain on fire and surrounded by barbed wire. I laid out all the 1000s next. My goal is to finish ironing this together by the end of the 3-day weekend. It’s 600 pieces and a bit. I’ll need to put some more time in for the next four days, but I should be able to do that, right? Yes. Yes I should. Day job, fuck off. Still don’t think I can make that deadline, but at least I’m considering it.
I’m pro wolves.
OK, I’m tired, not a shocker. I have ceramics after school. Gotta figure the arms out. I’m teaching the electromagnetic spectrum today…actually, a huge portion of today’s lesson is how to cut and glue correctly. Fun times. Then dinner will happen and quilting and ironing and maybe grades; depends on the time. A long weekend will be appreciated. February is full of them. Then the long stretch of March happens. A random 3-day weekend would be nice, but my school board puts those in the fall. Dunno why. OK. More tea, more action.
Kathy Nida 