I’m tired, thankfully, as I thought I would be up later tonight. A bit more work drama, but again, like yesterday, I’m not that horribly worried about it. You know, there is a sick and twisted part of me that misses worrying about it. I realize that probably doesn’t make sense, but staying up all night worrying about work bullshit at least gave me a sense of purpose. I hate that part of my mother in me. Tonight, instead, I’ll read Gatsby on the couch and get some sleep.
This morning I woke later than expected. I forgot to “spring ahead” the stupid alarm clock and missed hoops. Oh well. Anyway, I reached work but had one of those mornings in which I thought I would be productive but ended up in consultations long enough to keep me from getting anything finished before early afternoon. I answered all the student journals, at least, and worked through a couple action research chapters. I’ll try to finish the rest, along with next Monday’s prep, tomorrow. Later in the day I met with an action research student and cut out by 4:30. A cold rain was falling (a colleague described the rainfall as hail earlier in the day). Although I want the weather to embrace spring, and this rain felt more like late October than March, I liked the air’s bracing freshness. M left for a meeting not long after I arrived home. The boys and I hung out, watched some television (Ned’s Declassified, my favorite kids tv show), and pillow-fought upstairs. T was way wired, not sure why, but I had to lean on him a bit before bed. I’m worrying that I’m leaping directly to the “do this or no computer use tomorrow” point too quickly. I don’t know. I think I need to go back to the “what do you think is the right decision?” question. He looks so upset when I come down on him. Anyway, the boys fell asleep late, but at least they fell asleep. N’s hair is cracking me up lately. His curls are hilarious. After everyone was asleep I broke my pinball record (nine million), watched some of the Suns/Mavericks game, and caught half of a “South Park” episode.
Ok. Off to read. More later.