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October 12, 2006

Watching the Grass Grow

Or the houseplants, since the outdoor growing season is past.

I am sitting here answering email and staring at the fireplace. This past week has been insane. As I told one friend, going to visit Kieran last weekend was the right choice in terms of smart decisions for my lifetime, but not so good in the short term (i.e. this week). Because I have STACKS of grading left to do, and midterm grades are due soon and my schedule isn't clearing out to make room for the paperwork.

(And it's not like I've been avoiding it. On the contrary, I've been taking stuff with me everywhere to grade. Monday, I was sitting in the examining room at the doctor's office, in the cloth gown with the paper blanket over my lap, grading speeches while I waited for the doctor to come in. There's just a lot of it. 105 speeches, to be exact, and I can only grade 6 per hour, tops. You do the math.)

On the contrary. New things keep getting dumped on my pile. The to do list is getting so long that it's almost as tall as me now. And I don't seem to be crossing stuff off. I keep thinking I can, but no. Not yet.

For instance, this morning I was at school at 7:40 for make-up speeches. Seven. Forty. A.M. I answered emails while waiting for students to arrive. Once that was done, I went to my office and graded speeches for two hours. Then I taught two classes. Then I answered emails during my lunch break. Then I taught two classes. Then I had a makeup session with the hair and makeup designer for Salesman. Then I hiked all the way back across campus to my office. A student gave a make-up speech there. Then I graded stuff, organized stuff and sorted stuff. I bundled it all up, hiked all the way back across campus (picking up Dave on the way) to my car. We drove to dinner. It's the first time we've had dinner together in weeks. Then I came home. Answered emails. Wrote a blog entry. Stared at the walls.

At least all of the midterm speeches are graded for two of my classes. Just not the papers. Or the speeches that need to be made up. Can't grade what hasn't been done.

My biggest worry at this point, though, would have to be my lines for Salesman. I've got 2.5 weeks before we open, and no time to work on them. Though that should improve now that David's home. I've hit that point where I need the help of another set of eyes and pipes so I can work on aural cues rather than written ones.

But I should go now. I have to be at rehearsal soon and all I've done is stare at the walls.

Posted by sally at October 12, 2006 07:40 PM

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