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[ringsandcoffee]

I skipped life group (my Thursday night small group Bible study) tonight because work was stressing me out. Trying to pack in a bunch of grading from 3:30-5:30, then having dinner with Natalie, then life group, and not getting home till 9:30 was just not a good idea. Instead, I finished up the tasks I needed to do in my classroom, threw all my grading into my bag, then headed to Target. I needed new air filters, and decided to get ice cream instead of a frappuccino. I don't know what has come over me. I never really liked fraps, even when I worked at Starbucks. I've had several in the last few months, after not having more than 2 a year. Must be the heat. Anywho, Target did not have coffee ice cream, so I got vanilla bean instead. I also got a jar of caramel sauce. Yeah, I must really be in a funk.

At home, I mixed up a concoction of ice cream, a shot of decaf instant espresso, and caramel sauce, and called it dinner. Somehow my completely unhealthy dinner gave me the boost I needed to plow through a ton of papers and then enter the grades online. Next came my second course of ice cream. This time I just poured caramel sauce into the container and ate spoonfuls until the sauce was gone.

My hands smell like Dawn dish soap. I have more grading to do, but I've lost the will to do it. It's 8:15 p.m. This is my life.

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Since I leave my laptop in the living room more often, I've been trying to read books again before going to sleep. Real, paper books! My bedroom is currently littered with books. I started and stopped a few, and then started Far From the Madding Crowd. Holy cow, I had forgotten how much Thomas Hardy likes to describe landscapes. I'm only on page 21 but I think half of that is telling what the area looks and sounds like. I had to read it after seeing so many pictures from the miniseries on tumblr. Fortunately, this book seems to be less depressing than Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Please don't spoil it if I'm wrong.

Comments

[msantimacassar.livejournal.com]

Best of luck with all your work! That sounds like a delicious drink to keep yourself going! :)

Reading more sounds excellent! Far From the Madding Crowd is still on my list but I really enjoyed the recent movie adaption.

[wendelah1]

Teaching is so hard. People have no idea.

[jessibobessi.livejournal.com]

I agree with the person who said "Teaching is so hard. People have no idea."


I also agree with ice cream for dinner.

[birdienl.livejournal.com]

Far from the Madding Crowd is a-ma-zing! My favourite Hardy and one of my favourite classics. I'm going to do a Far from the Madding Crowd watch-along of the 1998 miniseries in October, so if you want to join? Well, you'll see the posts come by anyway on your f-list.