I survivc on countdowns. I found a fun countdown widget for my dashboard (yes, I have a Mac now) that is constantly being updated to the next fun thing that is happening. I'm looking for the little victories because the big victory, i.e., the end of school, seems so far away. It's only 65 days or something, which really isn't that long, as the day is usually over before I get used to it beginning, but it's still 65 more days of lesson plans and correcting taking up my every waking hour. As I type, I have a large pile of reading workbooks on my lap cutting off circulation to my feet. Next year I will tear the pages out of the workbooks so I'm not lugging all of them home every night. My list of things to do during the summer is getting longer by the day, but my mother promises to come help. Hopefully a summer of work will make next school year less horrible. Maybe then I'll be able to keep up with the housework and cook some real food. Maybe. But for now, it's back to correcting and my ever faithful tv. Thank goodness for cable!
