through
it amazes me how at some point during the semester, i get to the point where i am done. just plain done. finished. caput.
i reached that moment yesterday. now. i still have lots of work to do. grading, tests to write, tests to grade, prep work for next semester, meetings, greetings and such. but my mind ended yesterday. i can think no more.
this is not bad considering i only have one day left of teaching, but what interests me is that i held off for so long. i actually managed to finish the content of all of my courses, not break down and cry and still realize my students were amazing this semester.
but i am through. my mind can do it no more. i need a vacation. i need to relax. i need to do things at my pace and have lots of coffee in between. through.
As a student, I remember that point of the semester very well! That's what's so great about being a student (or a teacher)...you get a break, and then a fresh start.
Is it snowing there? I'm trying to decide if I recognize that building (assuming you teach at my old school...go big blue?)
right school; the building in the photo is in montreal. it was snowing and has gotten @$$ cold here. the snow melted in the sun.
i'm so done.
My favorite snow memory from school was the day we had an ice storm, but administration wouldn't cancel classes (I think because of a basketball game that night) and I got to sit all cozy in my basement studio in Pence Hall and watch people fall on their booties on the icy sidewalks.
Hang in there. You'll be done soon!
a few years ago, during the ice storm, they had no choice but to cancel, most of the faculty could not make it into campus since their homes were without electricity. we still went in because it was warm on campus.