At the risk of sounding like a total sloth, let me preface
this next sentence by saying that I haven’t slept well in weeks because my
brain NEVER shuts off. I crawled back
into my nest of purple flannel sheets after N left for school this morning (on
his bike with hand warmers in his gloves and toe warmers stuck to his socks)
and didn’t get up until after noon. I
guess I needed it. At one point, the
district I sub for (apparently) called me to see if I could go in for a
teacher. It’s an automated system, but
when I attempted to silence it (in my sleep, mind you), I apparently opted to
send a text message: “Can I call you later?”
It was sent successfully, in case you were wondering. Speaking of this automated system, I got a
call for a two day job next week, from 12-4 both days. I took it, then immediately received a
cancellation. The only thing I can think
of is that the schools get out by 1:00, so why would they need me to hang out
for an additional 3 hours? It’s not a
big deal…I would love to do it, but I’m so looking forward to having some
mental downtime after my last final tomorrow.
Did you like that?
How I said I’d have “mental downtime” when I finish my finals? Yeah, I thought it was funny, too. Seriously, though, I found out I had access
to one of them tonight, so I decided I would take it. I was pretty sure I was ready for it. I was wrong.
It was one of the hardest tests I’ve taken, and I’ve taken an awful lot
of them lately. The questions were
obscure and the possible answers were mostly not quite right. There were some short answer questions, which
are always my forte, but…I honestly don’t know how I did. I mean, I had 339/339 points going into the
final, so I feel like I’ll be okay, but who really knows at this point.
Besides doing a few loads of laundry, conversing with my
neighbor about the holiday season break-ins (nothing says “Christmas spirit”
like someone stealing your stuff…not my stuff, for the record, but there’s
always a chance), and briefly speaking with my oldest child, I have been a
hermit. I even mobile ordered a
Snickerdoodle Hot Chocolate from Starbucks so I didn’t have to talk to
anyone. It’s not like it worked, though,
because I still managed to ask the barista approximately 8 questions in the 90
seconds I was in the store. I know. You’re shocked.
So, tomorrow, I get to drive to Denton to take a final. And then I don’t have to drive to Denton
again until early January because I get to take another class with this
professor and she’s not local (from Little Rock, I believe), so she requires
her students to come in for orientation and then return for the final. I guess it wouldn’t be so rough if I lived in
Denton, and really…it’s not that big of a deal to go to Denton, except…I-35. I’d rather be on the road to Houston any day
of the week. At least there’s movement!
Speaking of Houston, I feel like going. I’m not sure why, but I just feel like I
should. Or somewhere else. Just not here. I need an Aubs time out.
Not because I’ve been bad (although that’s always a possibility), but because I just need a break. From everything. Especially people.
So. Many. People.
Aubs
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