Catching Up

Maternity leave is over.  Never has 8 weeks gone so quickly.  Ever.  I've been back to work for 9 days now.  There's about 47 school days left.  Yes, I just counted.  I may be a little off because there may be a day off that I missed, and I don't think I counted Olympic Day, which is counted as a school day, but it's a Saturday.  

I'm loving my students.  They are very sweet.  Many of them performed or helped put on an excellent production of Henry and Ramona this past weekend and it was so fun to watch them perform!  

4 new students started in my class while I was on leave.  Another one started today.  Not only do I feel like I'm a completely different person with a completely different life now that I'm a mom, my class has grown and changed so much in 8 weeks.  

Over the past few days, I've been struggling to find the energy to catch up.  Mostly with grading and other work-related stuff.  But also with cleaning, laundry, and errands in general that multiply and never end.  Oh yeah, and sleep.  I feel ever-so-behind in all of these areas, and find myself just trying to do what I can and let go of what I don't get done, and not let it stress me out.  It will all get done somehow.